Isabel
In 1592, twelve-year-old Isabel dreams of adventure and finds it, not only on her journey from her London home to her aunt's manor house in Northamptonshire, but also through the healing arts her aunt teaches her.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 870
subjects: behavior, healers, aunts, theater [X], adventure and adventurers, london (england), great britain [X]
Shakespeare's Scribe
In plague-ridden 1602 England, a fifteen-year-old orphan boy, who has become an apprentice actor, goes on the road with Shakespeare's troupe, and finds out more about his parents along the way.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 870
subjects: shakespeare, william, theater [X], orphans, actors and actresses, plague, historical fiction, great britain [X], extreme read-dig deep, actors
Wicked Will
Performing in the English town of Stratford-on-Avon in 1576, a young actress, who is disguised as a boy, uncovers a murder mystery with help from a local lad named Will Shakespeare.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 990
All The World's A Stage
Twelve-year-old orphan Christopher "Kit" Buckles becomes a stage boy in a London theater in 1598, tries his hand at acting, and later helps build the Globe Theater for playwright William Shakespeare and the Chamberlain's Men acting troupe.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
The Shakespeare Stealer
A young orphan boy is ordered by his master to infiltrate Shakespeare's acting troupe in order to steal the script of "Hamlet," but he discovers instead the meaning of friendship and loyalty.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 39
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 840
subjects: shakespeare, william, theater [X], orphans, actors and actresses, great britain [X], historical fiction, actors
Life In The Elizabethan Theater
Discusses theater in sixteenth-century England, describing playwrights, plays, the audience, and Queen Elizabeth's sponsorship.
792
year: 1997
copies: 13
call number/section: 792
lexile:
The Devil And His Boy
In 1593, thirteen-year-old Tom travels through the English countryside to London, where he falls in with a troupe of actors and finds himself in great danger from several sources.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 23
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610
subjects: theater [X], adventure and adventurers, adventure fiction, historical fiction, london (england), england, great britain [X], historical fiction, young adult fiction, london, england
Shakespeare's Spy
The winter of 1602 brings many changes for Widge, a young apprentice at London's Globe Theatre, as he becomes infatuated with Shakespeare's daughter Judith, attempts to write a play, learns more about his past, endangers himself to help a friend, acquires a new identity, and finds a new purpose in life.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 850
subjects: shakespeare, william, stealing, theater [X], orphans, actors and actresses, spies, great britain [X], theft, actors, globe theatre (london, england : 1599-1644), actresses, apprentices
The Playmaker
While working as an apprentice in a London theater company in 1597, fourteen-year-old Richard uncovers a mystery involving the disappearance of his father and a traitorous plot to overthrow Queen Elizabeth.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: theater [X], mystery and detective stories, historical fiction, mystery fiction, london (england), great britain [X]
The True Prince
Newly apprenticed to Shakespeare's theater company, Richard and Kit are drawn into a series of crimes involving the members of Queen Elizabeth's court.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: shakespeare, william, theater [X], great britain [X], mystery and detective stories, historical fiction, mystery fiction, detective and mystery stories
Will
A novel about William Shakespeare's years in the bustling, romantic world of the London theater and his marriage to Anne Hathaway, who raised their children without him in Stratford-upon-Avon.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: shakespeare, william, hathaway, anne, authors' spouses, married women, wives, dramatists, theater [X], london (england), great britain [X], stratford-upon-avon (england)
Love Disguised
After a mixed-up courtship with the Hathaway sisters ends badly, eighteen-year-old Will Shakespeare jumps at the chance to go to London, where he can pursue his dream of becoming an actor and where he is about to meet the girl who will change his life forever.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: shakespeare, william, friendship, disguise, sex role, theater [X], london (england), great britain [X]
The Princess Of Denmark
Nicholas Bracewell and the Westfield Men sail for Denmark with their widowed patron, Lord Westfield, who has been enticed into marriage with Sigbrit Olsen, and soon find themselves embroiled in political intrigue and religious dissension.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: theater [X], theatrical companies, lord westfield's men (fictitious characters), bracewell, nicholas (fictitious character), great britain [X]
The First Part Of Henry The Fourth
A thirty-minute adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV, Part 1," telling the story of the play while keeping Shakespeare's language intact.
822.33
year: 2010
copies: 1
call number/section: 822.33
lexile:
Wicked Will
Performing in the English town of Stratford-on-Avon in 1576, a young actress, who is disguised as a boy, uncovers a murder mystery with help from a local lad named Will Shakespeare.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 990