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Keep this handy reference on the shelf for when you run into a Shakespeare reference, want more information on a specific play, or illuminate your reading or play-going experiences. Arranged by color-coded genre-history plays, comedies, tragedies, romances, and non-dramatic poetry-each entry contains an introduction; a timeline with the date & length of the play; a detailed dramatis personae; summary of each act with quotes; text boxes with additional information on important roles, sources, history, language, stage/screen/players, and other info; 'beyond the play' information that looks at the cultural significance; and a 'reading the play' page dedicated to the text and any thorny issues. 480 pages, flexiback.
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