Edward Everett Root Publishers Co. Ltd.
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Shakespeare, Sex and the Pychotherapist
A novel
Michael Kerr Scott
ISBN 9781915115645 HB £19.99 Order
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About this book
This important and revelatory new novel completes the acclaimed
Shakespearean trilogy by Michael Kerr Scott, of which Hamlet and the
Psychotherapist and The Scottish King: Macbeth and the Psychotherapist have
already been published by EER.
Dr. Jacob Fortune, a time-travelling psychotherapist from the 21st century,
arrives in Stratford-upon-Avon to help the playwright come to terms with
his life and work, and to assure him of his central place in theatre history.
An ailing William Shakespeare realises that his life is coming to an end:
‘Do I presume that the reason why you are here, Jacob, is that you are aware
that I am soon to die?
Stories and facts about Shakespeare’s life are reimagined and placed in a
network of political, theatrical, religious and personal relationships. Along
the way, the story that Shakespeare tells about himself makes clear how
the misuse of power and the oppression of the powerless have not changed
much over the past 400 years.
About the author
Michael Scott is a noted theatre critic, and a widely published authority on Shakespeare and on Elizabethan drama. His books include John Marston’s Plays: Theme, Structure and Performance (Macmillan 1978); Renaissance Drama & A Modern Audience (Palgrave Macmillan, 1982); Shakespeare & The Modern Dramatist (St. Martin’s Press, 1989); Shakespeare, A Complete introduction (John Murray Press, 2017). He has previously published fiction as Michael Kerr Scott: Arthur, Legends of the King (Albert Bridge Books, 2017); Hamlet and the Psychotherapist (EER, 2022) The Scottish King: Macbeth and the Psychotherapist (EER, 2024). He is Senior Fellow and Senior Dean at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford, and has served as Director of the Future of the Humanities Project with Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
Reviews
‘The book is witty, imaginative, insightful and at times deeply moving. It will
reward readers who know the story of Shakespeare’s life as well as those who
wish to learn about it.’
– Michael J. Collins, Georgetown University.
‘The collisions of facts and speculation are remarkable. This is an adventurous
undertaking that fuses what scholarship has established and what psychology has
contributed to its enlargement and understanding of the Shakespearean mind.’
– John Drakakis, Stirling University.
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Available September 2026