Shakespeare in Bloomsbury

The untold story of Shakespeare’s profound influence on Virginia Woolf and the rest of the Bloomsbury Group

“A spirited dance of minds.”—Chris Vognar, Boston Globe

For the men and women of the Bloomsbury Group, Shakespeare was a constant presence and a creative benchmark. Not only the works they intended for publication—the novels, biographies, economic and political writings, stage designs and reviews—but also their diaries and correspondence, their gossip and small talk turned regularly...