To Joanne Gordon Thanks for sharing your love of Shakespeare with Sarah JM LM www abdopublishing com Published by Magic Wagon a division of ABDO PO Box 398166 Minneapolis Minnesota 55439 Copyright 2015 by Abdo Consulting Group Inc International copyrights reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Calico is a trademark and logo of Magic Wagon Printed in the United States of America North Mankato Minnesota 102014 012015 Written by Lisa and John Mullarkey Illustrated by Courtney Bernard Edited by Tamara L Britton and Bridget O’Brien Cover and interior design by Candice Keimig Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mullarkey Lisa author Shakespeare saves the Globe by Lisa and John Mullarkey illustrated by Courtney Bernard pages cm The art of time travel Summary While helping to clean up their local community theater twelve year-old Mason and his friend Aubrey suddenly find themselves in 1598 London where a discouraged William Shakespeare has just lost his lease on the Globe and is thinking about quitting writing and it is up to the children to come up with a plan to recover the theater and convince Shakespeare that the best is yet to come ISBN 978-1-62402-090-2 1 Shakespeare William 1564-1616 Juvenile fiction 2 Globe Theatre London England 1599-1644 Juvenile fiction 3 Time travel Juvenile fiction 4 Dramatists English Early modern 1500-1700 Juvenile fiction 5 London England History 16th century Juvenile fiction 6 Great Britain History Elizabeth 1558-1603 Juvenile fiction 1 Shakespeare William 1564-1616 Fiction 2 Globe Theatre London England 1599-1644 Fiction 3 Time travel Fiction 4 London England History 16th century Fiction 5 Great Britain History Elizabeth 1558-1603 Fiction I Mullarkey John author II Bernard Courtney illustrator III Title PZ7 M91148Sh 2015 813 6 dc23 2014034365
MEET WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 4 PROLOGUE Chapter 1 THE AUSTIN 7 Chapter 2 WHERE ARE WE 20 Chapter 3 SHAKESPEARE’S WOES 34 Chapter 4 WHERE ART THOU ROMEO 47 Chapter 5 A PLAGUE SCARE 61 Chapter 6 THE SHOW MUST GO ON 74 Chapter 7 A MASTER PLAN 86 Chapter 8 TIMBER 96 Chapter 9 A NEW BEGINNING 107 Chapter 10 HOME SWEET HOME 121
Meet William Shakespeare William Shakespeare is one of the greatest writers of all time His use of poetry and prose to express deep feelings and thoughts is unsurpassed in literature Despite his fame little is known about Shakespeare’s life However we know that he was born in Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire England in 1564 He was the third of John and Mary Shakespeare’s eight children The exact date of his birth is unknown but he was baptized on April 26 of that year When he was 18 years old Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway They had three children Their first child was a daughter they named Susanna Later came twins a son Hamnet and another daughter Judith By 1592 Shakespeare was in London working as an actor and playwright He joined the acting group Lord Chamberlain’s Men The following year a plague epidemic forced the closing of London’s theaters During this period Shakespeare wrote his narrative poems and some early sonnets 4
Until 1598 Shakespeare worked in two playhouses the Theatre and the Curtain that were managed by James Burbage Burbage’s son Richard was a famous actor and Shakespeare’s friend This same year the Burbages Shakespeare and several others built the Globe Theatre Shakespeare was associated with the Globe for the remainder of his career In 1610 William Shakespeare retired and returned to his hometown He died there on April 23 1616 During his career he wrote 36 plays 154 sonnets and 2 narrative poems 5
