Shakespeare's Dog

Shakespeare's Dog

Author	Leon Rooke
Language	English
Publisher	Stoddart Publishing
Publication date	1983
Publication place	Don Mills, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Media type	Print (hardcover, paperback)
Pages	158
ISBN	978-0-7737-2011-4
OCLC	10439426
Preceded by	The Birth Control King of the Upper Volta
Followed by	A Bolt of White Cloth

Shakespeare's Dog is a 1983 novel by Canadian writer Leon Rooke. ^[1] The novel tells the story of William Shakespeare's early career, including his aspirations to break through to popular success as a writer and his courtship and eventual marriage to Anne Hathaway, from the perspective of Hooker, Shakespeare's pet dog. ^[2]

The novel won the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 1983 Governor General's Awards, ^[3] and was a shortlisted finalist for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. ^[4]

A 20th-anniversary edition of the novel was reissued in 2003 by Dundurn Press. ^[5]

It was later adapted for the stage by playwright Rick Chafe, premiering at the National Arts Centre in conjunction with the Manitoba Theatre Centre in 2008. ^[6]

References

1. "Shakespeare's Dog". Kirkus Reviews , May 1, 1983.
2. "Trotting Around Stratford". The New York Times , May 29, 1983.
3. "CanLit fiction's leading award goes to the Dog". The Globe and Mail , June 21, 1984.
4. "Six finalists for Leacock Medal". The Globe and Mail , April 13, 1984.
5. "Writers revisiting classic works". Windsor Star , November 14, 2003.
6. "Shakespeare's Dog a furball of fun". Ottawa Citizen , March 22, 2008.