Folger Guide to Shakespeare

by Louis B. Wright

An invaluable companion to the study of Shakespeare and his plays, this new handbook offers many important features for the student and general reader:
•Synopses of each play
•Concise prefaces, with comments on Shakespeare's sources and the printing history of each play
•A comprehensive glossary of major and minor characters
•Biographical information, including notes on existing documentary evidence
•The recorded performances prior to the closingof theatres in 1642
•Significant historical dates of the period
•A chronology of the plays
•Extensive bibliographical data on all aspects of Shakespeare's life and works
Plus discussions of the Narrative Poems and the Sonnets

A comprehensive, authoritative, and convenient study aid, The Folger Guide to Shakespeare has been designed to meet the needs of all readers of Shakespeare's immortal works.

Genres: Shakespeare

480 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1969

About the author

Louis Booker Wright was an American author, educator and librarian. Wright was the director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, the author of numerous books about the American colonial period, and in 1928 he was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship.

Reviews

[Erin || erins_library · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is extremely useful if you have to read a Shakespeare play and are struggling with the language. It gives a scene by scene summary of what happened. My technique was to read the scene summary and then read the scene in the play. It helped so much with understanding and learning the language.