An eminent scholar tries to imagine the great playwright's character and tastes. But can we really know the bard? In the epilogue to Stanley Wells's slim, engaging book, in which he attempts to shed light on Shakespeare's personality, the eminent academic describes himself as being like Puck to a former colleague's Oberon. And it's true that there is something essentially puckish, something creatively mischievous fo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:33AM on September 14, 2023