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  The Tempest (Cambridge School Shakespeare)

  by Tony Buzan, David Bevington, Lisa Fabry, Alan Durband, William-Alan Landes, Frank Kermode, Leon Garfield, Rex Gibson, Roma Gill, Aime?. Ce?saire, Sandra Clark, A. L. Rowse, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine, Peter Holland, John Russell Brown, Neil Freeman

  This new edition of The Tempest is part of the established Cambridge School Shakespeare series and has been substantially updated with new and revised activities throughout. Remaining faithful to the series' active approach it treats the play as a script to be acted, explored and enjoyed. As well as the complete script of The Tempest, you will find a variety of classroom-tested activities, an eight-page colour... (more)
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  The Winter's Tale

  by William Shakespeare

  FOLGER Shakespeare Library THE WORLD'S LEADING CENTER FOR SHAKESPEARE STUDIES Each edition includes: · Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play · Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play · Scene-by-scene plot summaries · A key to famous lines and phrases · An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language · An essay by a leading Shakespeare... (more)
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  Love's Labor's Lost

  by William Shakespeare

  Love's Labour's Lost, now recognized as one of the most delightful and stageworthy of Shakespeare's comedies, came into its own both on the stage and in critical esteem only during the 1930s and 1940s--after nearly three hundred years of neglect by the theater and misuse by critics. In this new critical edition, Hibbard pays particular attention to this process of rehabilitation. Based on the quarto of 1598, and... (more)
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  Measure for Measure: With New Dramatic Criticism and an Updated Bibliography (Shakespeare, William, Works.)

  by William Shakespeare

  The series of which this title forms a part examines the way in which all the major editions of Shakespeare's plays have been interpolated by a series of editors who have been systematically changing Shakespeare's texts from the 18th century onwards. This text looks at "Measure for Measure".
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  The Merry Wives of Windsor (Folger Shakespeare Library)

  by A. L. Rowse, R. S. White, Neil Freeman

  Each edition includes: • Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play • Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play • Scene-by-scene plot summaries • A key to famous lines and phrases • An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language • An essay by an outstanding scholar providing a modern perspective on the play • Illustrations from... (more)
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  Martin Misunderstood

  by Karin Slaughter

  A riveting, darkly humorous tale narrated by Seinfeld's "Newman" - Wayne Knight! Martin Misunderstood tells the story of Martin Reed, an average man who wonders how he has wound up with such an abysmally empty existence. Working as a senior accountant at Southern Toilet Supply and still living with his nagging mother, his sole source of excitement is the crime novels he cherishes. So immersed is Martin in... (more)
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  As You Like It

  by William Shakespeare

  Each edition includes: • Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play • Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play • Scene-by-scene plot summaries • A key to famous lines and phrases • An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language • An essay by an outstanding scholar providing a modern perspective on the play • Illustrations from... (more)
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  The Comedy of Errors

  by William Shakespeare

  Each edition includes: · Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play · Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play · Scene-by-scene plot summaries · A key to famous lines and phrases · An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language · An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play · Illustrations from the... (more)
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  The Taming of the Shrew

  by William Shakespeare

  Folger Shakespeare Library The world's leading center for Shakespeare studies Each edition includes: • Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play • Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play • Scene-by-scene plot summaries • A key to famous lines and phrases • An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language • An essay by an... (more)
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  Much Ado About Nothing

  by William Shakespeare

  Folger Shakespeare Library The world's leading center for Shakespeare studies Each edition includes: • Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play • Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play • Scene-by-scene plot summaries • A key to famous lines and phrases • An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language • An essay by an... (more)
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  Twelfth Night (Folger Shakespeare Library)

  by William Shakespeare

  Each edition includes: • Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play • Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play • Scene-by-scene plot summaries • A key to famous lines and phrases • An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language • An essay by an outstanding scholar providing a modern perspective on the play • Illustrations from... (more)
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  The Merchant of Venice: Texts and Contexts (Bedford Shakespeare)

  by William Shakespeare

  This edition of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice reprints the Bevington edition of the play accompanied by four sets of thematically arranged primary documents and illustrations designed to facilitate many different approaches to Shakespeare's play and the early modern culture out of which the play emerges. The texts include images and texts reflecting Christian attitudes toward Jews and Jewish reactions to... (more)