The London Shakespeare: A New Annotated and Critical Edition of the Complete Works in Six Volumes, Volume 5Simon and Schuster, 1957 The comedies: The comedy of errors. The taming of the shrew. Love's labour's lost. The two gentlemen of Verona. A midsummer night's dream. The merchant of Venice. Much ado about nothing. As you like it. |
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... Shakespeare retouched or ' improved ' the play have been numerous . Bishop Percy was an advocate of ' improvement ' ; 5 and among the moderns Dover Wilson has lent his authority to the view that in this play Shakespeare was a reviser ...
... Shakespeare retouched or ' improved ' the play have been numerous . Bishop Percy was an advocate of ' improvement ' ; 5 and among the moderns Dover Wilson has lent his authority to the view that in this play Shakespeare was a reviser ...
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... Shakespeare and finished by Beaumont . Robertson ( 1922 ) supposed Shakespeare's play to be a reconstruction of part of a play in three parts in which Marlowe , Dekker , Munday , Chapman and others were concerned . The play bears ...
... Shakespeare and finished by Beaumont . Robertson ( 1922 ) supposed Shakespeare's play to be a reconstruction of part of a play in three parts in which Marlowe , Dekker , Munday , Chapman and others were concerned . The play bears ...
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... Shakespeare drew his material for the love - story from Chaucer , modifying the characters as Chaucer had drawn them , so that the theme lost the tenderness and regretful incredulity with which Chaucer regarded Cressida's defection ...
... Shakespeare drew his material for the love - story from Chaucer , modifying the characters as Chaucer had drawn them , so that the theme lost the tenderness and regretful incredulity with which Chaucer regarded Cressida's defection ...
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