Shakespeare: a Playgoer's and Reader's Guide
- ISBN-10
- 0198855230
- ISBN-13
- 9780198855231
- Series
- Shakespeare
- Category
- Drama
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-10-15
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Authors
- Stanley Wells, Michael Dobson
Description
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.
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