The Pocket Companion to Shakespeare's Plays - Hardcover

C. Trewin, J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1845331281 ISBN 13: 9781845331283

Publisher: Mitchell Beazley, 2005

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Product Description:

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.

Review:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Mitchell Beazley
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1845331281
• ISBN 13: 9781845331283
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 208