Discover the history comedy and tragedy of the worlds greatest playwright. Travel back 400 years to visit rowdy theatres and royal palaces to understand what it was like to live in Shakespeares Elizabethan England and the influence it had on his ground-breaking work. This book charts Shakespeares phenomenal talent and peeks behind the curtain at his most famous plays, from tragedies such as Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet to comedies such as A Midsummer Nights Dream and Taming of the Shrew.