Product Overview
Fully revised and updated, this brand new edition remains the most authoritative and most widely respected pocket companion to Shakespeares plays currently available. Character studies and synopses for all of Shakespeares 39 plays, plus analyses of his poems and sonnets, make it an ideal quick-reference guide for both theatergoers and students. Background details, including a succinct, incisive history of Shakespearian theater and a selected glossary of Elizabethan English, enhance its usefulness and value.
