Here is every word ever written by the immortal Bard--the histories, tragedies, comedies, and sonnets--in a facsimile of the definitive Shakespeare Head edition published originally in Oxford, England. Enjoy the playwright's great comedies, The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, and As You Like It; his classic tragedies, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth; and dozens of other works that define Shakespeare as the supreme interpreter of both the frailties and potentialities of the human condition.The plays are arranged in chronological order of their completion, revealing the evolution of Shakespeare's genius, with an accompanying glossary. Comedy of errors -- Two gentlemen of Verona -- Taming of the shrew -- Love's labour's lost -- Midsummer night's dream -- Merchant of Venice -- As you like it -- Much ado about nothing -- Merry wives of Windsor -- Twelfth night -- Tragedy of Troilus and Cressida -- All's well that ends well -- Measure for measure -- First part of King Henry the sixth -- Second part of King Henry the sixth -- Third part of King Henry the sixth -- Tragedy of Richard the third -- Tragedy of King Richard the second -- Life and death of King John -- First part of King Henry the fourth -- Second part of King Henry the fourth -- Life of Henry the fifth -- Life of King Henry the eighth -- Tragedy of Titus Andronicus -- Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet -- Tragedy of Julius Caesar -- Tragedy of Hamlet -- Tragedy of Othello -- Tragedy of King Lear -- Tragedy of Macbeth -- Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra -- Tragedy of Coriolanus -- Life of Timon of Athens -- Pericles, Prince of Tyre -- Tragedy of Cymbeline -- Winter's tale -- Tempest -- Poems and the sonnets.

Publication Year: 2005