< P> From < i> Hamlet< /i> to < i> Romeo and Juliet< /i> to < i> A Midsummer Night's Dream< /i> , Shakespeare's celebrated works have touched people around the world.< /P> < P> Aliki combines literature, history, biography, archaeology, and architecture in this richly detailed and meticulously researched introduction to Shakespeare's world& ndash; his life in Elizabethan times, the theater world, and the Globe, for which he wrote his plays. Then she brings history full circle to the present& ndash; day reconstruction of the Globe theater.< /P> < P> Ages 8+< /P>