Shakespeare: A Playgoer's & Reader's Guide

Shakespeare: A Playgoer's & Reader's Guide
ISBN-10
0192597469
ISBN-13
9780192597465
Series
Shakespeare
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
320
Language
English
Published
2020-10-30
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Authors
Stanley Wells, Michael Dobson

Description

Shakespeare: A Playgoer's & Reader's Guide is your essential companion to all Shakespeare's extant works (as well as those known to be lost). Two of our most eminent Shakespeare scholars guide us through his sonnets, his poems, and his plays, providing the reader with detailed scene-by-scene plot synopses, cast lists, notes on the texts and sources, discussions of artistic features, and accounts of significant productions on stage and screen. Derived from the acclaimed Oxford Companion to Shakespeare, and fully updated to reflect the latest scholarship and most recent notable productions, it is the ideal compact guide for students and theatre-goers needing a helpful plot summary, or readers wishing to browse on fascinating background information.

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