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This is the first paperback edition of the complete works of Shakespeare in the version prepared by Professor Peter Alexander. In the last decade this text has come to be widely accepted by general readers, performers and examination boards, and was recently adopted by BBC TV for their complete cycle of plays.This edition contains all the plays, sonnets and other poems of Shakespeare, and also includes a glossary, an index of characters, and the preliminary matter of the Folio Editions. In addition there are essays by Professor Alexander on Shakespeare's comedies, tragedies and histories, together with introductions to the individual plays, and a general introduction trying Shakespeare's development as a dramatist.--back coverContentsGeneral IntroductionShakesixare's ComediesHistoriesShakespeare's TragediesThe Folio TextsThe PlaysThe TempestThe Two Gentlemen of VeronaThe Merry Wives of WindsorMeasure for MeasureThe Comedy of ErrorsMuch Ado About NothingLove's Labour's LostA Midsummer-Night's DreamThe Merchant of VeniceAs You Like ItThe Taming of the ShrewTwelfth NightAll's Well That Ends wellThe Winter's TaleKing JohnRichard IIHenry IV, Part OneHenry IV, Part TwoHenry VHenry VI, Part OneHenry VI, Part TwoHenry VI, Part ThreeRichard IIIHenry VIIITroilus and CressidaC..oriolanusTitus AndronicusRomeo and JulietTimon of AthensJulius CasarHamletKing LearOthelloAntony and CleopatraCymbelinePericlesThe PoemsVenus and AdonisThe Rape of LucreceThe SonnetsA Lover's ComplaintThe Passionate PilgrimThe Phænix and TurtleGlossaryIndex of Characters