Paul Edmondson, Stanley Wells

Join Paul Edmondson from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust as he tells Shakespeare’s extraordinary life story through the lives of his friends, relatives, fellow actors and rivals in an intriguing illustrated talk. Full of fresh and fascinating detail The Shakespeare Circle zooms out for the long view, linking the life of the playwright to the many different lives – from Richard Burbage and Ben Jonson to Thomas Middleton and Elizabeth I – that makes Elizabethan England such a fascinating place.