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In surveys of the plays that will help readers and viewers follow the action with ease and understanding, Robert Fallon opens a window to ShakespeareAIs time while illuminating the timelessness of his works. Mr. Fallon examines the most frequently staged plays scene by scene, and those less frequently performed act by act. He provides intelligent readers with incisive and engaging commentary on character, theme, setting, poetry, and stage history. Wonderfully reader-friendly.O-William Kerrigan, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

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Wonderfully reader-friendly.--William Kerrigan

An entertaining and accessible book...free of academic jargon...that brings Shakespeare to life.

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Robert Thomas Fallon is professor emeritus of English at La Salle University in Philadelphia. In addition to A Theatergoer’s Guide to Shakespeare (which concerned itself largely with plot), A Theatergoer’s Guide to Shakespeare’s Themes, and A Theatergoer’s Guide to Shakespeare’s Characters, and How to Enjoy Shakespeare (all published by Ivan R. Dee), he has written three books on John Milton. He lives in Lumberville, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.

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