Overview

This compact and portable volume will quickly enlighten readers and enhance their enjoyment of both the written word and the plays in performance. For each of Shakespeare's 39 plays there is a synopsis of the plot, a list of characters and notes on the chief figures, and a resume of the performance history. The book also includes a critique on the poems and sonnets, a history of the Shakespearean theatre and the early players, a background to the Apocrypha of plays attributed to Shakespeare, and a selected glossary of Elizabethan English. The book is readily consultable on the spot and will enhance the enjoyment of any Shakespearean production.

Full Product Details

Author:   J. C. Trewin ,  Stanley W. Wells
Publisher:   Octopus Publishing Group
Imprint:   Mitchell Beazley
Edition:   4th Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 9.50cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.167kg
ISBN:  

9781845331283

ISBN 10:   1845331281
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   16 June 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword William Shakespeare: 1564 - 1616 The Plays Henry VI, Part 1 Henry VI, Part 2 Henry VI, Part 3 Richard III Titus Andronicus The Comedy of Errors The Taming of the Shrew The Two Gentlemen of Verona Love's Labour's Lost Edward III King John Richard II Romeo and Juliet A Midsummer Night's Dream The Merchant of Venice Henry IV, Part 1 Henry IV, Part 2 The Merry Wives of Windsor Much Ado About Nothing As You Like It Henry V Julius Caesar Twelfth Night; or What You Will Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Troilus and Cressida All's Well That Ends Well Measure for Measure Othello, the Moor of Venice King Lear Macbeth Antony and Cleopatra Timon of Athens Coriolanus Pericles, Prince of Tyre Cymbeline The Winter's Tale The Tempest Henry VIII The Two Noble Kinsmen The Poems and Sonnets The Apocrypha Shakespeare in the Theatre Shakespeare in the United States Select Glossary of Shakespeare's English

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Here is a book as compact, ingenious and useful as a pocket calculator. Sunday Telegraph

"""Here is a book as compact, ingenious and useful as a pocket calculator."" Sunday Telegraph"""

Author Information

J. C. Trewin was a stage historian and drama critic. Author of 50 books and editor of 50 more, he was Literary Editor for the Observer newspaper. He lectured on Shakespeare in Britain, Europe, and North America, and was President of the Shakespeare Club of Stratford-upon-Avon.

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