| Shakespeare's Dog | |
| Author: | Leon Rooke |
| Country: | Don Mills, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Stoddart Publishing |
| Release Date: | 1983 |
| 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]