William Shakespeare The Complete Works and A Companion Guide 2 Books Set

Titles in this Set

* William Shakespeare : A Companion Guide to His Life & Achievements
* William Shakespeare The Complete Works

William Shakespeare : A Companion Guide to His Life & Achievements

This highly illustrated work of reference contains hundreds of images and facts that encapsulate the glory of this amazing man, his life, his works including plays, poetry and sonnets, his language and legacy. William Shakespeare was born April 1564 and died 23 April 1616, four hundred years ago. Now, some four centuries onward, Shakespeare s writings continue to enthrall and enrapture audiences, to inspire and thrill, not just at Stratford or in London s Globe Theatre but in every corner of the worldwide globe.

William Shakespeare : The Complete Works

He was not of an age, but for all time! were the prophetic words of Ben Jonson in his dedicatory poem prefacing the 1623 collection of Shakespeare s comedies, histories and tragedies, which is commonly referred to by modern scholars as the First Folio. There are a number of examples of phrases and expressions still widely current in the twenty-first century. In the mid-1850s Howard Staunton - better known as a chess master - obtained a contract from the publisher George Routledge to oversee the preparation of an edition of the complete works of Shakespeare.