# The Lodger

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- Authors: [Charles Nicholl](https://www.bookquiver.com/charles-nicholl)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2008-07-03

## Description

In 1612 Shakespeare gave evidence at the Court of Requests in Westminster – it is the only occasion his spoken words are recorded. The case seems routine – a dispute over an unpaid marriage-dowry – but it opens up an unexpected window into the dramatist’s famously obscure life-story. Charles Nicholl applies a powerful biographical magnifying glass to this fascinating episode in Shakespeare’s life. Marshalling evidence from a wide variety of sources, including previously unknown documentary material on the Mountjoys, he conjures up a detailed and compelling description of the circumstances in which Shakespeare lived and worked, and in which he wrote such plays as Othello , Measure for Measure and King Lear .

## Editions

### The Lodger

- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-01-4102-374-8
- Pages: 400
- Published: 2008-07-03
- Language: en_GB

### The Lodger

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4191-187-8
- Published: 2008-07-03
- Language: en_GB