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  • Paperback: 1280 pages
  • Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd; New edition edition (15 Aug 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 185326895X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1853268953
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.2 x 5.1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 10,066 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is acknowledged as the greatest dramatist of all time. He excels in plot, poetry and wit, and his talent encompasses the great tragedies of Hamlet, King Lear, Othello and Macbeth as well as the moving history plays and the comedies such as A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Taming of the Shrew and As You Like It with their magical combination of humour, ribaldry and tenderness. This volume is a reprint of the Shakespeare Head Press edition, and it presents all the plays in chronological order in which they were written. It also includes Shakespeare's Sonnets, as well as his longer poems Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece.
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4.0 out of 5 stars The Complete Works Of Shakespeare, 3 Feb 2005
I was looking for a book which contained the plays of Shakespeare as I needed to select which would be most appropriate to use as a drama workshop. I chose this book because it was very cheap.

The book is very chunky and it features ALL his plays and major poems/sonnets. Each page has two columns of text in very small print, so if you don't have good eye sight, I wouldn't recommend this book. It's also quite smudgy and the text is quite cramped. I don't feel this book is suitable to work from, to annotate etc.. However, it is as useful as a dictionary when it comes to looking up quotes and is brilliant to have around in order to recommend speeches to students. It also has a very useful Glossary at the back for those words which are uncommon/not used nowadays and includes information from the original folio.

To summarise... a book very worth the money, useful as a point of reference but not a book to be worked from.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Very good as a reference, 4 Mar 2001
While this is perhaps not the ideal book for study or part learning, it is very good as a reference. While the layout is quite condensed, the print small it is all very clear and this seems a reasonable volume for those with an interest in the works of Shakespeare...the value is excellent.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Never never never! as King Lear would say, 30 Sep 2008
I may be biased but ... double column, tiny print, no notes, very thin introductions, textual editing a hundred years out of date ... the RSC edition paperback is only twice the price but surely offers ten times more: includes 350 pages of introductory material, fullest notes of any one volume edition, great pics (this has none), up to date scholarship and above all a single column readable size typeface. For an investment to last a lifetime you won't regret paying the difference - how much extra is it? about the price of a decent bottle of wine.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Very good value for money
This is a great book- it contains all of Shakespeare's fantastic works, and is very reasonably priced. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Lindsay Aslan

4.0 out of 5 stars The one for the Lit Geeks!
I needed this for my drama course, and brought this version in our local uni shop. Now the only problem is, the text is a little small and adding to that- if you want a complete... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Ms. V. Miljevic

5.0 out of 5 stars A man's complete life works for less than 5 pounds...!
Even if you only like 30% of that written within, you cannot go wrong for this price. I found myself being drawn into it, even though I hated it at school. Read more
Published on 19 Mar 2005 by S. P. Turner

5.0 out of 5 stars England's greatest writer
William Shakespeare is renowned for being England's greatest writer, and arguably the greatest writer the World has ever known. Read more
Published on 11 Aug 2004 by robojam

5.0 out of 5 stars A Review
This book is brilliant. I can't believe that a small mindless minority believe otherwise. I would like to draw attention in particular, to the educational advantages of this book... Read more
Published on 7 Feb 2004 by Hula Hop

4.0 out of 5 stars Work of greatness
Having read this book, I have to say that it is intellectually very stimulating and certainly a magnificent advertisement for the English language. Read more
Published on 27 Jan 2004 by John Needham

5.0 out of 5 stars Shakespeare is not overrated
This book is the best thing since sliced bread and definately a literary masterpiece. I think that he should be brought back from the dead and forced at knife-point to write more... Read more
Published on 22 Jan 2004 by bob hillman

4.0 out of 5 stars Better visually
I enjoy Shakespeare's comedies most and histories least. His is a very visual medium and you really need to see the plays to appreciate his work properly. Read more
Published on 18 Jan 2004 by sci-fictionfan

1.0 out of 5 stars Boring!
Having read some of this mans works I have to say I'm thoroughly dissapointed. Considering most of his works have been made into blockbuster films I think it's important to note... Read more
Published on 13 Jan 2004 by Justin

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