William Shakespeare

The Oxford Shakespeare brings the modern reader closer to Shakespeare's plays as originally performed than has ever before been possible. Based on eight years of full-time research by a team of distinguished British and American scholars, this monumental volume offers many remarkable innovations, including a new chronological order, revised stage directions, two full versions of King Lear--as originally written and as revised later for performance--and...

Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.

Presents the complete sonnets of William Shakespeare, as well as three major long poems, each with a brief introduction and explanatory notes on facing pages, and includes a discussion of Shakespeare's language, critical commentary, illustrations, and an index of first lines.