No boys play here : my family's missing men & Shakespeare's lost kings
Bayley, Sally2020
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In Sally Bayley's childhood, the men were often missing. Missing because they were drunk, or out of work, or in prison, or wandering. Or missing because their behaviour had provoked women to ban them from the house. The man who was around for Sally was Shakespeare, and he brought men with him to fill the gaps. Sally grew up with a troupe of sad kings and lonely heroes. Her mind ran away from home with Falstaff and Prince Hal, with deceivers and mavericks and geniuses. In her signature style, this is Sally's story of her childhood - one lived with darkness snapping at heels, with real and imagined people passing through interchangeably, and with trauma a spiky memory to be skirted and avoided.
Main title:
Author:
Bayley, Sally, author
Imprint:
Singapore : Wiley, 2020.
Collation:
272 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9780008318888 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
1213422