Complete Work of Shakespeare

The Alexander Text of The Complete 'Works of William Shakespeare, edited by the late Professor Peter Alexander, has become established as the world's favourite single- volume edition of Shakespeare's works. Reliable, authoritative and easy to use, the text is based upon a lifetime's experience of both teaching and studying Shakespeare, and is designed to help the ordinary reader and student appreciate the text without a vast array of critical apparatus.

a glossary of nearly 2500 entries explains the meaning of obsolete and difficult words and phrases, with line references to each occurrence

summaries of Shakespeare's life and of his development as a dramatist, and the origins of the Alexander Text in the First Folio and the 'good' and 'bad' quartos

line numbering which relates to the standard concordances

The Alexander Text was chosen by the BBC as the basis for its major cycle of the complete plays.

Author: Peter Alexander 

Publisher: Collins 

Released Date: 2017

ISBN: 9780004356426