Contributor
Dobson, Michael, 1960- editor.
ImprintOxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Imprint2020
Descriptionxvii, 351 pages : genealogical tables ; 20 cm
Note:"The entries in this book have been adapted and updated from entries in our Oxford Companion to Shakespeare." --Preface.
Note:A Short Life of William Shakespeare ( 1564-1616) -- All Is True (Henry VIII) -- All's Well That Ends Well -- Antony and Cleopatra -- As You Like It -- Cardenio -- The Comedy of Errors -- Coriolanus -- Cymbeline, King of Britain -- The First Part of the Contention of the Two Famous Houses of York and Lancaster (2 Henry VI) -- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark -- Henry IV Part 1 -- Henry IV Part 2 -- Henry V -- Henry VI Part 1 -- Julius Caesar -- King John -- King Lear -- A Lover's Complaint -- Love's Labour's Lost -- Love's Labour's Won -- Macbeth -- Measure for Measure -- The Merchant of Venice -- The Merry Wives of Windsor -- A Midsummer's Night Dream -- Much Ado About Nothing -- Othello -- Pericles -- The Phoenix and Turtle -- The Rape of Lucrece -- The Reign of King Edward the Third (Edward III) -- Richard Duke of York (3 Henry VI) -- Richard II -- Richard III -- Romeo and Juliet -- Sir Thomas More -- Sonnets -- The Taming of the Shrew -- The Tempest -- Timon of Athens -- Titus Andronicus -- Troilus and Cressida -- Twelfth Night: or, What You Will -- The Two Gentlemen of Verona -- The Two Noble Kinsmen -- Venus and Adonis -- The Winter's Tale -- Shakespeare's Life, Works, and Reception: A Partial Chronology, 1564-2020 -- Family Tree of Characters in the English Histories.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-351).
Note:A handy yet authoritative guide to all Shakespeare's extant works (with information about those known to be lost), this volume provides cast lists, scene-by-scene plot synopses, and contextual information for Shakespeare's plays, and thorough entries on his poems. It is a perfect primer for anyone wishing to be better acquainted with Shakespeare.
