Folger Shakespeare Library editions of Shakespeare’s plays

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The Folger Shakespeare Library editions of Shakespeare’s plays are a widely used series of scholarly yet accessible texts that pair modernized spelling and helpful annotations with authoritative introductions and contextual materials.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Shakespeare edition
book series
aimedAt general readers
students
teachers
associatedWith Folger Shakespeare Library
basedOn works of William Shakespeare
containsWork A Midsummer Night's Dream
surface form: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

As You Like It
Hamlet
Henry V (play)
surface form: Henry V

Julius Caesar
King Lear
Macbeth
Much Ado About Nothing
Othello (play)
surface form: Othello

Richard III of England
surface form: Richard III

Romeo and Juliet
The Merchant of Venice
The Taming of the Shrew
The Tempest
Twelfth Night
countryOfPublication United States of America
surface form: United States
describedAs accessible
scholarly
editor Barbara A. Mowat
Paul Werstine NERFINISHED
feature extensive annotations
facing-page notes
glosses of difficult words and phrases
historical context
illustrations from the Folger collection
introductory essays
line numbers
modernized spelling
scene-by-scene plot summaries
textual notes
theatrical context
genre annotated edition
imprint Folger Shakespeare Library
language English
publisher Simon & Schuster NERFINISHED
subject Elizabethan drama
Renaissance literature
textPolicy modern English spelling with original wording preserved
usedIn secondary education
undergraduate education

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Folger Shakespeare Library subjectOf Folger Shakespeare Library editions of Shakespeare’s plays