Greenblatt comes to talk about his book, "Will of the World" a life of Shakespeare. He does so in an unusually interesting and vibrant way. He talks about how Shakespeare cared so much to be a gentleman, about his deeply being impressed by his father's bankruptcy, and thus being a cautious and careful maker and preserver of wealth. He speaks about Shakespeare's composition of the sonnets, and about Shakespeare's great turning point moment in 'Hamlet'. He talks about Shakespeare's thirty- two years apart from his wife, and about his leaving everything to the person probably closest to him, his daughter Susanna.
Greenblatt is literate, knowledgeable and always perceptive in speaking about the life of the greatest writer the world has known. Greenblatt says that what is interesting is the connection between the life and the work, and that others in Shakespeare's time, Raleigh, Marlowe lived more eventful lives. He speaks about the great explosion of creation which came with Hamlet, Lear, the Tempest, Macbeth.
A truly enjoyable and instructive interview.
