Is it really possible that a single individual -- a grade school-educated man from Stratford-upon-Avon -- possessed the depth and scope of knowledge reflected in the collected works of Shakespeare? Or, as Bertram Fields suggests, was this not one man, but a magnificent collaboration between two very different men. Blending biography and historical investigation with vibrant scholarship and storytelling, Players revolutionizes our understanding of the greatest writer -- or writers -- in our history.

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