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The Pocket Companion to Shakespeare's Plays |  | Authors: JC Trewin, Stanley Wells
Creator: Judi Dench
Publisher: MITCH
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1315043
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Revised Edition
Pages: 208
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 3.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 1845331281
Dewey Decimal Number: 822.33
EAN: 9781845331283
ASIN: 1845331281
Publication Date: July 28, 2006
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Fully revised and updated, this brand new edition remains the most authoritative and most widely respected pocket companion to Shakespeare’s plays currently available. Character studies and synopses for all of Shakespeare’s 39 plays, plus analyses of his poems and sonnets, make it an ideal quick-reference guide for both theatergoers and students. Background details, including a succinct, incisive history of Shakespearian theater and a selected glossary of Elizabethan English, enhance its usefulness and value.
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A Useful Pocket Sized Resource - Despite the Small Font May 30, 2008
Michael Wischmeyer (Houston, Texas)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I still use my Simon and Schuster Pocket Companion to Shakespeare's Plays (1989) to check on the date of a particular play, to glance over a synopsis, or the find the name of a character that I have forgotten, despite my increasing use of Wikipedia now days.
The plays are arranged chronologically. (We should be thankful for those meticulous Victorian scholars a century ago that helped create the now accepted sequence of Shakespeare's works. In fact, there is a 35-page biography section that briefly outlines the contributions of key Shakespearean actors, directors, critics, and scholars.) There is small section on Shakespeare's poetry and sonnets.
Three or four pages, sometimes more, are devoted to each play with sections titled Synopsis, In Performance, In Other Terms (e.g., films), and Chief Characters.
There are two brief sections on major Shakespearean Theatres and Shakespearean Festivals. The Select Glossary on Shakespeare's English (roughly 900 terms) might prove useful as a study guide, although I typically rely on footnotes and my favorite dictionary when reading for pleasure. There is even a genealogical chart for the House of Lancaster and the House of York.
The Simon and Schuster Pocket Companion to Shakespeare's Plays is not without defects. Most noticeably, the font size is small to the point that good lighting is essential, especially if you are old enough to have read a good many Shakespearean plays more than once.
As the forward indicates, this guidebook targets readers developing a kinship with Shakespeare's works. Scholars and theatrical professionals will likely require more elaborate studies, but for many readers this small book will prove most satisfactory. And it will fit in a pocket.
Newer Edition: A fully revised 2005 edition titled The Pocket Companion to Shakespeare's Plays is available from Mitchell Beazley Publishing. The revisions were by Stanley Wells; the forward was written by Dame Judi Dench.
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