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Author Bates, Laura, author.

Title Shakespeare saved my life : ten years in solitary with the Bard / Laura Bates.

Publication Info. Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, [2013]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1568738~S1
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  365.6 BAT    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  365.6 BAT    AVAILABLE
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Description x, 291 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Note Includes reading group guide (pages 289-291).
Summary Just as Larry Newton, one of the most notorious inmates at Indiana Federal Prison, was trying to break out of jail, Dr. Laura Bates was trying to break in. Now, a decade later, her Shakespeare in Shackles program has been lauded by academics and prison communities alike. In this profound illustration of the enduring lessons of Shakespeare through the ten-year relationship of Bates and Newton, an amazing testament to the power of literature emerges. But it's not just the prisoners who are transformed. It is a starkly engaging tale, one that will be embraced by anyone who has ever been changed by a book.
Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Study and teaching -- Indiana -- Case studies.
Prison theater -- Massachusetts -- Case studies.
Drama -- Study and teaching -- Indiana -- Case studies.
Prisoners -- Indiana -- Case studies.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Influence.
Prisoners -- Education -- Indiana -- Case studies.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Appreciation.
Prisoners -- Books and reading.
Prison theater -- Case studies.
ISBN 9781402273148 (paperback)
1402273142 (paperback)
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