Example of a shakespeare biography scrapbook book

Shakespeare Scrapbook Project By: Jackie Madigan Biography William Shakespeare was born in April of in Stratfordupon-avon, United Kingdom.

Gary F. Taken as a whole, though, they constitute something far more interesting than the sum of their parts. The illustrations that he has chosen to include are not only incredibly revealing of how various artists had diversely imagined different scenes, but also of how Williams personally engaged with and experienced the works of Shakespeare.

The images do not only illustrate the play, but the entire ancient Egyptian world. Alongside illustrations of specific scenes from the play, Williams has also added images of sphinxes, pyramids, hieroglyphs, exotic animals and other such images that contemporary Europeans associated with ancient Egypt.

Photographs, thoughts and artwork to these beautifully designed scrapbooks as a lasting memory of their Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Shakespeare Hubs work in We are also indebted .

Williams introduces the play with lavish illustrations of the gods, costumes, and hairstyles of the Egyptians. Sometimes the reasons for including these images are quite tenuous. Act two, scene seven, in which Marc Antony regales a drunken Lepidus with a description with the landscapes and fauna of Egypt, was all the excuse that Williams needed to include a full page print of the infamous Nile crocodile.

He allows the reader to experience the world of ancient Egypt without ever having to leave their library. Fisher 18 Apr The Research Conversation is free to attend and no booking is necessary.