{"product_id":"shakespeare-a-playgoers-readers-guide-9780198855231","title":"Shakespeare: A Playgoer's \u0026 Reader's Guide","description":"\u003cem\u003eShakespeare: A Playgoer's \u0026amp; Reader's Guide\u003c\/em\u003e is your essential companion to all Shakespeare's extant works (as well as those known to be lost). Two of our most eminent Shakespeare scholars guide us through his sonnets, his poems, and his plays, providing the reader with detailed scene-by-scene plot synopses, cast lists, notes on the texts and sources, discussions of artistic features, and accounts of significant productions on stage and screen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDerived from the acclaimed \u003cem\u003eOxford Companion to Shakespeare\u003c\/em\u003e, and fully updated to reflect the latest scholarship and most recent notable productions, it is the ideal compact guide for students and theatre-goers needing a helpful plot summary, or readers wishing to browse on fascinating background information.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Dobson, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Shakespeare Studies and Director of the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham\u003c\/em\u003e, Stanley Wells, \u003cem\u003eHonorary President, The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichael Dobson is Professor of Shakespeare Studies and Director of the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, a member of the Council of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, and an honorary governor of the Royal Shakespeare Company: his previous appointments include posts at Oxford, Harvard, the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of London, and he has held fellowships and visiting appointments in California, Sweden and China. His publications include \u003cem\u003eThe Making of the National Poet\u003c\/em\u003e (1992), \u003cem\u003eEngland's Elizabeth\u003c\/em\u003e (with Nicola Watson, 2002), \u003cem\u003ePerforming Shakespeare's Tragedies Today\u003c\/em\u003e (2006), and \u003cem\u003eShakespeare and Amateur Performance\u003c\/em\u003e (2011). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSir Stanley Wells, CBE, FRSL, is Honorary President, Life Trustee, and former Chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. He was Professor of Shakespeare Studies and Director of the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, from 1988-1997, and is now Emeritus Professor. He is an Honorary Emeritus Governor of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has been General Editor of the Oxford Shakespeare since 1978 and is General Editor of the Penguin Shakespeare. One of the most distinguished Shakespearian scholars currently working, his publications include \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Dictionary of Shakespeare (1998)\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eShakespeare: The Poet and his Plays\u003c\/em\u003e (2001), \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Shakespeare: King Lear\u003c\/em\u003e (2001), \u003cem\u003eShakespeare For All Time\u003c\/em\u003e (2002), \u003cem\u003eShakespeare \u0026amp; Co\u003c\/em\u003e (2006), \u003cem\u003eShakespeare, Sex, and Love\u003c\/em\u003e (2010), \u003cem\u003eGreat Shakespeare Actors\u003c\/em\u003e (2015), \u003cem\u003eWilliam Shakespeare: A Very Short Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e (2015), and \u003cem\u003eShakespeare's Tragedies: A Very Short Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e (2017).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50376953889042,"sku":"9780198855231","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0a61090f-2a81-4380-9fbe-150a9e702ac8.jpg?v=1728611845","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/shakespeare-a-playgoers-readers-guide-9780198855231","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}