The Rev. William Burgess was an English-American Congregational clergyman, author, publicist, and social reformer. He was best known locally as the executive secretary of the Illinois Vigilance association. Dr. Burgess was author of the “Bible in Shakespeare“; “Religion of Ruskin”; “Land, Labor, and Liquor”; “The World‘s Social Evil”; and “Bible Sidelights from Shakespeare.” (Summary by Librivox)
A compendium and analysis of similarities between the Bible and passages in Shakespeare‘s plays and other works, including Biblical references in Shakespeare and parallels between Shakespeare‘s characters and plots and Biblical characters and plots, all demonstrating the strong influence of the Bible on Shakespeare‘s writings. – Summary by Joanne Turner.
