The theatre for which Shakespeare wrote and acted was a cut-throat commercial entertainment industry. Yet his plays were also intensely alert to the social and political realities of their times.
One of the most successful women artists in history - a painter who possessed what her friend Goethe called an 'unbelievable' and 'massive' talent - Angelica Kauffman became the toast of Georgian England, captivating society with her portraits, mythological scenes and decorative compositions. This is her biography.
