Since 1609, when they were first published, Shakespeare’s sonnets have fascinated readers, both with the depth of the poet’s insight into the variety of love and the passage time and with the mysteries of the beautiful Young Man, the Rival Poet and the Dark Lady. This volume presents all 154 sonnets, with a brief introduction.

Arranged in chronological order of composition, this edition of the 37 plays uses the classic text prepared by Arthur Bullen, who founded the Shakespeare Head Press and published a Complete Works in 10 volumes in 1904–07.

Michael Sheen plays Romeo and directs this full cast production, with Kate Beckinsale as Juliet and Fiona Shaw as the nurse. 3 CDs: 2hrs 50mins.

Othello, a Moor and a general in the service of Venice, is played here by Hugh Quarshie, with Emma Fielding as his wife, Desdemona and Anton Lesser as the villainous Iago. 3 CDs: 32hrs 01mins.

A distinguished cast for this Dream includes Warren Mitchell as Bottom, Michael Maloney as Oberon and Sarah Woodward as Titania. 3 CDs: 2hrs 19mins.

Sean Barrett as Caesar, Andrew Buchan as Mark Antony and a full cast perform Shakespeare’s classic study of political power and its effect on an individual life. 2 CDs: 2hrs 16mins.

With its themes of identity, disguise and deception and youthful folly, Twelfth Night, or What You Will is now a favourite among Shakespeare’s comedies. It is performed here by Stella Gonet, Gerald Murphy and a full cast.

Shakespeare’s tragedy of betrayal and jealousy remains one of his most performed plays. This Olivier Award-winning Donmar production stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as the doomed war hero, Ewan McGregor as the manipulative Iago, Kelly Reilly as Desdemona, Michelle Fairley as Bianca, and Tom Hiddleston as Cassio.

This edition of Othello, the great tragedy of 'the green-ey'd monster', is a pocket-sized, hardback volume containing the complete and unabridged text of the play, an introduction, a glossary of Shakespearean vocabulary and a bibliography. Published in the Collector's Library series, the book is linen-bound, with gilt-edged pages and a silk marker.

'Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more.' This edition of Shakespeare's Henry V is a pocket-sized, hardback volume containing the complete and unabridged text of the play, an introduction, a glossary of Shakespearean vocabulary and a bibliography. Published in the Collector's Library series, the book is linen-bound, with gilt-edged pages and a silk marker.

This well-annotated text of Shakespeare’s Richard II includes a highly extensive series of introductory essays on the play’s history of performance, criticism and adaptation, studies of its key characters and a full, detailed textual analysis.

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