{"product_id":"shakespeares-ear-tim-rayborn-9781510719576","title":"Shakespeare's Ear: Dark, Strange, and Fascinating Tales from the World of Theater","description":"\u003ci\u003eShakespeare's Ear\u003c\/i\u003e presents dark and sometimes funny pieces of fact and folklore that bedevil the mostly unknown history of theater. All manner of skullduggery, from revenge to murder, from affairs to persecution, proves that the drama off-stage was just as intense as any portrayed on it. The stories include those of: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An ancient Greek writer of tragedies who dies when an eagle drops a tortoise on his head.\u003cbr\u003e A sixteenth-century English playwright who lives a double life as a spy and perishes horribly, stabbed above the eye.\u003cbr\u003e A small Parisian theater where grisly horrors unfold on stage. \u003cbr\u003e The gold earring that Shakespeare wears in the Chandos portrait, and its connections to bohemians and pirates of the time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJourney back to see theatrical shenanigans from the ancient Near East, explore the violent plays of ancient Greece and Rome, revel in the Elizabethan and Jacobean golden age of blood-thirsty drama, delight in the zany and subversive antics of the Commedia dell'arte, and tremble at ghostly incursions into playhouses. Here you will find many fine examples of playwrights, actors, and audiences alike being horrible to each other over the centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tim Rayborn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1510719571\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781510719576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Skyhorse Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2017 pg. 8","brand":"Tim Rayborn","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46526259036415,"sku":"9781510719576","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b39b7387-d66f-422d-8785-888b469baf36.jpg?v=1737555649","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shakespeares-ear-tim-rayborn-9781510719576","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}