early modern and elizabethan, 1500-1600

Contains twenty-three alphabetically arranged essays that provide biographical and critical information about Elizabethan dramatists and their works; each with a bibliography.

Claudio and Hero, awaiting their wedding, conspire to get the antagonistic Beatrice and Benedick to fall in love, unaware that they themselves are the target of a more sinister plot. Includes explanatory notes, scene-by-scene plot summaries, a key to famous lines and phrases, and illustrations.

Presents a collection of facts and jokes that look at the plays and poetry of sixteenth-century English playwright William Shakespeare.

Contains a wide range of essays on the life and works of English playwright William Shakespeare.

A dictionary with over 1,000 entries about William Shakespeare, his life, his works, and the Elizabethan era he lived in.

Traces the evolution of English drama from 1560 to 1642, examining dramatic styles, actors, playwrights, and playhouses. Includes scenes from three tragedies.

An in-depth exploration of some of Shakespeare's most memorable passages from some of his most often-read plays. Also includes an investigation of the different types of plays that make up Shakespeare's body of work: tragedies, comedies, histories and romances.

An exploration of some of Shakespeare's greatest characters, including Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, Brutus, King Lear, and Romeo and Juliet. Investigates some of the different types of characters that can be found in Shakespeare's plays. Learn how the playwright used language to create both villains and lovers.

A collection of critical essays on major sixteenth and seventeenth-century English dramatists and their works.