The Pocket Companion to Shakespeare's Plays

by JC Trewin, fully revised by Stanley Wells, foreword by Dame Judi Dench

• ISBN13: 9781845331283
• ISBN10: 1845331281
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-07-28
• Publisher: MITCH

Summary

This highly acclaimed companion is compact, portable, and comprehensive. It is the most respected pocket guide to Shakespeare's plays ever published and has been fully revised and updated to include the very latest key performances from around the world.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 5
William Shakespeare: 1564-1616	p. 6
The Plays
Henry VI, Part 1	p. 14
Henry VI, Part 2	p. 18
Henry VI, Part 3	p. 20
Richard III	p. 23
Titus Andronicus	p. 30
The Comedy of Errors	p. 34
The Taming of the Shrew	p. 38
The Two Gentlemen of Verona	p. 42
Love's Labour's Lost	p. 45
Edward III	p. 49
King John	p. 51
Richard II	p. 55
Romeo and Juliet	p. 60
A Midsummer Night's Dream	p. 65
The Merchant of Venice	p. 71
Henry IV, Part 1	p. 76
Henry IV, Part 2	p. 80
The Merry Wives of Windsor	p. 84
Much Ado About Nothing	p. 88
As You Like It	p. 92
Henry V	p. 96
Julius Caesar	p. 101
Twelfth Night; or What You Will	p. 104
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark	p. 109
Troilus and Cressida	p. 115
All's Well That Ends Well	p. 118
Measure for Measure	p. 122
Othello, the Moor of Venice	p. 125
King Lear	p. 131
Macbeth	p. 136
Antony and Cleopatra	p. 141
Timon of Athens	p. 145
Coriolanus	p. 148
Pericles, Prince of Tyre	p. 152
Cymbeline	p. 156
The Winter's Tale	p. 159
The Tempest	p. 163
Henry VIII	p. 167
The Two Noble Kinsmen	p. 170
The Poems and Sonnets	p. 173
The Apocrypha	p. 181
Shakespeare in the Theatre	p. 182
Shakespeare in the United States	p. 196
Select Glossary of Shakespeare's English	p. 198
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