Searching for Shakespeare - Cooper, Tarnya; National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain); Yale Center for British Art. (New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 2006)
'Sweet master Shakespeare': 1564-1616 / Stanley Wells -- Shakespeare's professional world / James Shapiro -- Silent 'oratory': portrait painting in England around 1600 / Tarnya Cooper -- Catalogue: Shakespeare's face: his known likeness -- Likeness and myth: the search for Shakespeare's portrait -- The early years: Shakespeare's family and his life in Stratford-upon-Avon -- Elizabethan theatre: London playhouses in the 1580s -- The established playwright: patrons and players, wealth and reputation -- At court: the Essex Rebellion and the king's men -- Poets and playwrights: Shakespeare's contemporaries -- Death and legacy: the will and the plays -- National identity and the afterlife of Shakespeare's portraits / Marcia Pointon.
Accompanies the exhibition held at the National Portrait Gallery, London, March 2-May 29, 2006, and the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, June 24-September 27, 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-231) and index.
Keywords: Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Exhibitions; Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Expositions; Portrait painting, English -- 16th century; Portrait painting, English -- 17th century