The Shakespeare Notebooks (anthology)

The Shakespeare Notebooks was a collection of short stories featuring the Doctor's encounters with William Shakespeare.

Publisher's summary
Many people know about William Shakespeare's famous encounter with the Doctor at the Globe Theatre in 1599. But what few people know (though many have suspected) is that it was not the first time they met.

Drawn from recently-discovered archives, The Shakespeare Notebooks is the holy grail of Bard scholars: conclusive proof that the Doctor not only appeared throughout Shakespeare's life, but had a significant impact on his writing. In these pages you'll find early drafts of scenes and notes for characters that never appeared in the plays; discarded lines of dialogue and sonnets; never-before-seen journal entries; and much more.

From the original notes for Hamlet (with a very different appearance by the ghost) and revealing early versions of the faeries of A Midsummer Night's Dream, to strange stage directions revised to remove references to a mysterious blue box, The Shakespeare Notebooks is an astonishing document that offers a unique insight into the mind of one of history's most respected and admired figures. And also, of course, William Shakespeare.

Contents

 * Notes on a Play
 * Exits and Entrances
 * The True Tragedy of Macbeth
 * Cymbeline
 * Diary Extract
 * The Dream
 * A Prologue
 * The True and Most Excellent Comedie of Romeo and Juliet
 * The Tempest - A Work in Progress
 * Exit, by Another Means
 * The Winter's Tale
 * Antony and Cleopatra
 * Troilus and Cressida
 * Pericles
 * Coriolanus
 * Master Faustus
 * The Sonnets
 * As You Like It
 * Double Falsehood
 * Hamlet
 * Timon of Athens
 * Hamlet's Soliloquy
 * Academic Notes
 * Ye Unearthly Childe
 * Appendix - The Last Will