Essential Shakespeare Handbook Author:Leslie Dunton-Downer, Alan Riding Offering a user-friendly, beautifully illustrated guide to every play in the Shakespeare canon, as well as a portrait of the Bard's life and the world of Elizabethan and Jacobean theater, the Essential Shakespeare Handbook is an innovative and entertaining book which unravels the complexities of Shakespeare's plays and poems. Written in a... more » clear and engaging style, this book will enrich the experience of the Bard's work on the page, stage, and screen.« less
Very comprehensive and lucidly written. I used this book for years when I was a newspaper reviewer of the American Shakespeare Center's plays. It helped me gain an invaluable understanding of each play before I saw it.