In Search of Shakespeare The Lost Years

The Lost Years

Michael Wood explores conflicting theories of how the playwright spent the 10 years between his doomed marriage to Ann Hathaway and emergence as a writer in London. Apart from the birth of three children there is nothing documented about Shakespeare's life at this time, but it is thought he may have honed his craft as part of Elizabeth I's government propaganda company the Queen's Men. The historian also traces the downfall of artistic rival Christopher Marlowe and unveils some early works