About the Book

Shakespeare’s Dog

Shakespeare’s Dog

August 2010
Trade Paperback · 96 Pages
$16.95 U.S.
ISBN 9780887548673
Playwrights Canada Press

 

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Description

Based on the novel by Leon Rooke. With four legs and a keen eye, Hooker, Shakespeare's dog, tells the story of how the Stratford rogue became the world's most famous playwright, and how in the Elizabethan era, lust, love, and lives collide — and it is anyone's guess who is top dog.

About the Authors

Rick Chafe is credited with over a dozen professionally produced plays and works as a television story consultant and dramaturge. His own plays include The Odyssey, The Last Man and Woman on Earth, Two Planks, and Zac and Speth. Chafe currently lives in Winnipeg with his wife and daughter.