Book DescriptionThis compact and portable volume will quickly enlighten readers and enhance their enjoyment of both the written word and the plays in performance For each of Shakespeares 39 plays there is a synopsis of the plot, a list of characters and notes on the chief figures, and a resumé of the performance history The book also includes огзрп a critique on the poems and sonnets, a history of the Shakespearean theatre and the early players, a background to the Apocrypha of plays attributed toShakespeare, and a selected glossary of Elizabethan English The book is readily consultable on the spot and will enhance the enjoyment of any Shakespearean production.  PELTRAT2005 г 208 стр ISBN 1845331281.