Full of intriguing facts and literary quotations, this fun,
engaging and beautifully illustrated book explores the role of
money and medals in Shakespeare's world and works. Deniers and
ducats, groats and guilders, crowns and cruzados, the author
reveals how coins and medals illustrate the personalities and
events that shaped Shakespeare's world. Through lively and
informative text the reader will discover the role of money in
Shakespeare's life and career; how much people were paid and how
much things cost looking in detail at the theatre and currency and
how it changed. Shakespeare used coinage in his plays to give
crucial information on status and character, as a plot device and
to add local colour. Money provoked and motivated Shakespeare's
characters and this book engages with his monetary references to
reveal the meaning behind the metaphors and the significance of the
issues the playwright was addressing.
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