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The Wonderful Winter (Yesterday's Classics)

by Chute Marchette

A winter in Shakespeare’s theatrical world

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A winter in Shakespeare’s theatrical world

Robin Wakefield’s flight to London opens a window onto the world around an early modern theatre. After arriving amid a crowd gathered for a Shakespeare play, he finds a home with actor John Heminges and becomes involved in the theatre’s everyday life, learning small parts and helping where he can. The story brings together a young runaway’s adventures, a welcoming household, and the practical workings of a historical stage. Its setting and theatrical details give Robin’s winter a clear Renaissance-era frame.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Young readers interested in historical fiction set in Shakespeare’s London
  • Children curious about actors and life around an early modern theatre
  • Readers who enjoy stories about a runaway and his puppy

Themes

Shakespearean theatreRenaissance-era LondonRunaways and belongingFamily and hospitalityAdventure

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Book overview

Young Sir Robert (Robin) Wakefield, badgered by his spinster aunts and a disagreeable tutor, takes his puppy, Ruff, and runs away to London and finds himself in the crowd milling around the Theatre where one of Mr. Shakespeare's plays was being presented. Robin goes home with the great actor, John Heminges, to the suburban cottage where Mrs. Heminges and the Heminges children soon make him feel at home. More than that, Robin learns to play small parts, to make himself generally useful around the theatre. With many adventures the winter turns out to be a wonderful one.

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