Wordsworth Dictionary of Shakespeare

The only single-volume paperback authority on virtually everything one needs to know about the Bard. Containing nearly 3,000 entries, it provides comprehensive information on all facets of Shakespeare¹s life, times and works. The book covers every play, including its theatrical history, a scene-by-scene synopsis and a commentary, every character in every play, Shakespeare¹s contemporaries, theatrical terms and Shakespearean actors and directors. Enormous in scope and clearly written, this book is an essential addition to the libraries of both students and the general reader, as well as those of schools, teachers and all theater enthusiasts. Includes a foreword by Terry Hand, former Artistic Dir. and Chief Exec., Royal Shakespeare Co.Boyce, Charles is the author of 'Wordsworth Dictionary of Shakespeare', published 1990 under ISBN 9780756794439 and ISBN 0756794439.