Will and Me: How Shakespeare Took Over My Life

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‘An absolute delight … boozy, bawdy, generous-hearted … utterly original and relishable’ Sunday TimesShakespeare has always been a big part of Dominic Dromgoole’s life. This is the story of how he has stumbled, shambled and occasionally glided through the years with Shakespeare as his guide – whether reading Julius Caesar aloud to cows as a boy, listening to Peter O’Toole crack dirty jokes at his parents’ kitchen table, acting in car-crash student productions or putting on his own. Along the way he shows us what Shakespeare’s rough-and-ready genius can teach us about love, war, sex, death, drunkenness, friendship … and just about everything. ‘Friendly, inclusive, I warmed to it immediately … A terrific book’ Evening Standard’The book is clearly a triumph … You laugh out loud and cringe in equal measure’ Spectator’Superb … thrillingly entertaining … throbs with vigour, honesty and passion’ Daily Telegraph’A record of a lifelong obsession – articulate, intelligent and passionately set down … Dromgoole’s enthusiasm has a sincerity and warmth that are infectious’ Observer’Irresistibly seductive’ Independent on Sunday

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