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• contents
  • 1616 Index and Title Page
  • Introduction and BBC interview
  • Playtext, publishing details, and video trailer
  • Research and dramaturgical aims
  • Research sources
  • Performance: staging and constume
  • Plays featuring Shakespeare as a character
  • Language and characters
  • Programme notes, character list, and some literary sources
  • Women in the text
  • Politics in the play
  • Abandoned scenes: dramaturgy and theatricality
  • Academic reviews
  • Gareth Somers
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• abstract
  This is a practice research account of some of the research questions, processes and findings underpinning the performance text of “1616: The Secrets and Passions of William Shakespeare”, a one-man play about the life of William Shakespeare (written 2013-15, performed 2015-16, published 2016). The exposition includes the full playtext, a video trailer for the performance, and a discussion of the primary sources and themes investigated during the research and writing process.
• Gareth Somers - 1616: The Secrets and Passions of William Shakespeare - 2020
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