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Timon of Athens

2013
Demonstrates events in the life of Timon, a man known for his great and universal generosity, who spends his fortune and then is spurned when he requires help.

Henry IV, part 2

2006
Contains full explanatory notes opposite edited text of one of the earliest printed editions of Shakespeare's play. Also includes notes on his language, theater, life, a bibliography, and a contemporary essay on the play.

Antony and Cleopatra

2005
Contains full text explanatory notes opposite edited text of one of the earliest printed editions of Shakespeare's play.

Love's labor's lost

2005
Presents an annotated edition of Shakespeare's comedy about Spanish courtiers who unsuccessfully swear off relationships with women, and includes scene-by-scene plot summaries, full explanatory notes, and a key to Shakespeare's language.

The tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

2012
Presents the text of William Shakespeare's tragedy in which Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, struggles with the decision whether to avenge his father's murder, and includes details on Shakespeare's life, world, and theater; and an essay that offers a modern perspective on the play.

The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet

2011
Contains the dramatic text of William Shakespeare's tragic play about the forbidden love between two young people from feuding Veronese houses, and includes commentary, notes, and details about the life of the author.

The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet

2004
Presents the text of Shakespeare's drama about Romeo and Juliet, two young people whose love is doomed by their warring families, and includes explanatory notes, scene-by-scene plot summaries, a key to famous lines and phrases, a modern perspective on the play, and other reference tools.

Much ado about nothing

1964
Contains the text of the play, information about Shakespeare and his theater, bibliography, key to famous lines, and explanatory notes.

The comedy of errors

2009
Presents the text of Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors" in which confusion reigns when twin brothers, both named Antipholus, arrive in the same town with their twin servants, both named Dromios, after a lifetime apart; and includes explanatory notes, scene-by-scene plot summaries, and other resources.

Henry VI, part 3

2009
The struggle for the throne continues, with the Yorkists temporarily on top but the Lancastrians planning a counterattack.

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