Four hundred years after Shakespeare's death, it is difficult to imagine a time when he was not considered a genius. But those 400 years have seen his plays banished and bowdlerized, faked and forged, traded and translated, re-mixed and re-cast.

Shakespeare's story is not one of a steady rise to fame; it is a tale of set-backs and sea-changes that have made him the cultural icon he is today.

This revealing new book accompanies an innovative exhibition at the British Library that will take readers on a journey through more than 400 years of performance.

It will focus on ten moments in history that have changed the way we see Shakespeare, from the very first production of Hamlet to a digital-age deconstruction.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9780712356312
• Publisher: British Library
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 224
• Dimensions: 28 x 22 x 2cm