The Player's Boy is Dead

by Leonard Tourney

  "No matter, no matter," Matthew replied, and then he began to sing in that mellifluous tenor that gave his neighbors in Chelmsford so much pleasure.

  About the Author

  Leonard Tourney came to BYU in 2006 after teaching at Western Illinois University, the University of Tulsa, and the University of California at Santa Barbara. A specialist in composition pedagogy and creative writing, Professor Tourney has authored scholarly articles in 17th century British literature, a critical biography of Joseph Hall, short fiction, and nine historical novels, the most recent a fictional memoir of William Shakespeare.