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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 of 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.

Four of Shakespeare’s most popular plays, the tragedies of Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth, are presented here in texts from the 1890s Temple Shakespeare, with the original glossaries and notes by Israel Gollancz. There is a substantial, new introduction by Dr Catherine MS Alexander and illustrations based on those of an 1833 edition.

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 of 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.

Michael Sheen plays Romeo and directs this full cast production, with Kate Beckinsale as Juliet and Fiona Shaw as the nurse.

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.

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.

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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