Shakespeare's Dog

1983 novel by Leon Rooke
978-0-7737-2011-4OCLC10439426Preceded byThe Birth Control King of the Upper Volta Followed byA Bolt of White Cloth 

Shakespeare's Dog is a 1983 novel by Canadian writer Leon Rooke.[1] The novel tells the story of William Shakespeare's early career, including his aspirations to break through to popular success as a writer and his courtship and eventual marriage to Anne Hathaway, from the perspective of Hooker, Shakespeare's pet dog.[2]

The novel won the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 1983 Governor General's Awards,[3] and was a shortlisted finalist for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour.[4]

A 20th-anniversary edition of the novel was reissued in 2003 by Dundurn Press.[5]

It was later adapted for the stage by playwright Rick Chafe, premiering at the National Arts Centre in conjunction with the Manitoba Theatre Centre in 2008.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Shakespeare's Dog". Kirkus Reviews, May 1, 1983.
  2. ^ "Trotting Around Stratford". The New York Times, May 29, 1983.
  3. ^ "CanLit fiction's leading award goes to the Dog". The Globe and Mail, June 21, 1984.
  4. ^ "Six finalists for Leacock Medal". The Globe and Mail, April 13, 1984.
  5. ^ "Writers revisiting classic works". Windsor Star, November 14, 2003.
  6. ^ "Shakespeare's Dog a furball of fun". Ottawa Citizen, March 22, 2008.
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