Shakespeare is not our contemporary: that is the starting premise of this provocative and illuminating book.... By carefully reconstructing the world we have lost, the authors bring to light meanings in the plays that we could easily miss and open a new range of possibilities for actors and readers.

Stephen Greenblatt, Author, Will in the World

I am so grateful to have spent time as a young actor working on Shakespeare's text with Dennis and Tina at Shakespeare & Company, and this book, born of lifetimes of rigorous study and time logged with the plays, gives everyone access to a powerful cornerstone of that training. Shakespeare's World gives us the opportunity to understand the lived experience of the spiritual and intellectual influences swirling around Shakespeare as he wrote - a magic skeleton key for artists to unlock and crack open every line of text with new insights and specificity!

Lauren Ambrose (Juliet and Ophelia in the New York Shakespeare Festival; Six Feet Under; Yellowjackets)

Shakespeare's World is a valuable gift for the people who put on the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries and to all the audiences that see them.

Ralph Alan Cohen, Co-Founder of the American Shakespeare Center and Emeritus Professor of English at James Madison University