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.
year: 2003, 2005
call number/section: 1000, 3
subjects: shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, fiction, stealing, fiction, theater, england, orphans, actors and actresses, spies, great britain, history, elizabeth, 1558-1603, fiction, 1485-1603, tudors, juvenile fiction, theft, juvenile fiction, actors, juvenile fiction, globe theatre (london, england : 1599-1644), actresses, apprentices
Editions
Blackwood, Gary L
Dutton Children's Books (2003)
Widge, an orphan boy who has joined William Shakespeare's acting company, begins some investigative snooping when several thefts occur backstage.
Schools: 6
Blackwood, Gary L
Puffin (2005)
Widge, an orphan boy who has joined William Shakespeare's acting company, begins some investigative snooping when several thefts occur backstage.
Schools: 9
Blackwood, Gary L
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.
Schools: 1