Outlines of Shakespeare's Plays
Books / Paperback
ISBN: 0064600254 / Publisher: Collins Reference, January 1971
In addition to presenting synopses of each of Shakespeare's dramatic works, this reference work includes notes on their historical sources and life in Elizabethan England
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Act-by-act synopses of all the plays are given. To suggest the flavor of the original, actual quotations from the plays are woven into the narratives and the descriptions of characters listed in the dramatis personae. The introduction covers Shakepeare's life and times, sources, and other background material. Illustrations, maps, a selected bibliography, and two helpful genealogical charts are included.
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