William Shakespeare - Plays & Poetry (57 annotated editions)

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616) was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. His extant works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, the authorship of some of which is uncertain. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.

There are a flood of public domain editions of Shakespeare available but almost no modern critical, annotated editions. This collection focuses almost exclusively on the latter. Hopefully these will make reading the Bard a more inviting and rewarding experience.


The books in this collection are listed by (1) series, and (2) title; many plays appear in multiple editions. They are in PDF format unless otherwise noted:

== THE ANNOTATED SHAKESPEARE SERIES (Yale University Press) ==
Edited, fully annotated, and introduced by Burton Raffel, with an essay by Harold Bloom.
* Hamlet (2003)
* King Lear (2007)
* Macbeth (2005)
* The Merchant of Venice (2006)
* A Midsummer Night's Dream (2005)
* Othello (2005)
* Richard III (2008)
* Romeo and Juliet (2004)
* The Taming of the Shrew (2005)
* The Tempest (2006)
* Twelfth Night, or, What You Will (2007)

== THE ARDEN SHAKESPEARE ==
* As You Like It (Arden, 2006). Edited by Juliet Dusinberrre.
* Much Ado About Nothing (Arden, 2006). Edited by Claire McEachern.
* Sonnets (Arden, 1997). Edited by Katherine Duncan-Jones.
* The Taming of the Shrew (Arden, 1981). Edited by Brian Morris.
* The Tempest (Arden, 1999). Edited by Virginia Mason Vaughan and Alden T. Vaughan.

== THE NEW CAMBRIDGE SHAKESPEARE (NCS) ==
* As You Like It (Cambridge, 2000). Edited by Michael Hattaway.
* Hamlet (Cambridge, 2003). Edited by Philip Edwards.
* King Lear (Cambridge, 2005). Edited by Jay L. Halio.
* Macbeth (Cambridge, 1997). Edited by A. R. Braunmuller.
* Measure for Measure (Cambridge, 2006). Edited by Brian Gibbons.
* The Merchant of Venice (Cambridge, 2003). Edited by M. M. Mahood.
* A Midsummer Night's Dream (Cambridge, 2003). Edited by R. A. Foakes.
* Much Ado About Nothing (Cambridge, 2003). Edited by F. H. Mares.
* Othello (Cambridge, 2003). Edited by Norman Sanders.
* Romeo and Juliet (Cambridge, 2003). Edited by G. Blakemore Evans.
* The Sonnets (Cambridge, 2006). Edited by G. Blakemore Evans. -- ePUB
* The Taming of the Shrew (Cambridge, 2003). Edited by Ann Thompson.
* Twelfth Night (Cambridge, 2004). Edited by Elizabeth Story Donno.

== THE NEW SWAN SHAKESPEARE (Longman) ==
* Hamlet (Longman, 1968). Edited by Bernard Lott.
* King Lear (Longman, 1974). Edited by Bernard Lott.
* Macbeth (Longman, 1986). Edited by Bernard Lott.

== THE OXFORD SHAKESPEARE (Oxford University Press) ==
* The Complete Sonnets & Poems (Oxford World's Classics, 2002). Edited by Colin Burrow.
* Othello (Oxford World's Classics, 2006). Edited by Michael Neill. -- ePUB
* Richard II (Oxford, 2011). Edited by Anthony B. Dawson and Paul Yachnin.
* Timon of Athens (Oxford, 2004). Edited by John Jowett.

== THE PELICAN SHAKESPEARE ==
* Macbeth (Penguin, 2000). Edited by Stephen Orgel. -- ePUB
* Othello (Penguin, 2001). Edited by Russ McDonald. -- ePUB

== THE RSC SHAKESPEARE (Modern Library) ==
* Coriolanus (2009). Edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen. -- ePUB
* Henry IV, Part I (2009). Edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen. -- ePUB
* Henry IV, Part II (2009). Edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen. -- ePUB
* The Merchant of Venice (2010). Edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen. -- ePUB
* Othello (2009). Edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen. -- ePUB
* The Taming of the Shrew (2010). Edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen. -- ePUB
* The Winter's Tale (2009). Edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen. -- ePUB

== THE SIGNET CLASSIC SHAKESPEARE (Sylvan Barnet, General Editor) ==
* Hamlet (Signet, 1986). Edited by Sylvan Barnet. -- ePUB
* Henry V (Signet, 1988). Edited by John Russell Brown. -- ePUB
* King Lear (Signet, 1998). Edited by Russell Fraser. -- ePUB
* Much Ado About Nothing (Signet, 1989). Edited by David L. Stevenson. -- ePUB
* Romeo and Juliet (Signet, 1986). Edited by J. A. Bryant, Jr. -- ePUB
* The Tempest (Signet, 1987). Edited by Robert Langbaum. -- ePUB
* The Winter's Tale (Signet, 1988). Edited by Frank Kermode. -- ePUB


Finally, the following anthologies are collected here:

* THE ARDEN DICTIONARY OF SHAKESPEARE QUOTATIONS (Arden Shakespeare, 1997). Compiled by Jane Armstrong.

* THE COMEDIES OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (Modern Library, 1994). -- ePUB

* THE COMPLETE WORKS (Oxford Shakespeare, 2005). Second Edition. Stanley Wells and Gary Taylor, general editors. -- ePUB

* THE HISTORIES AND POEMS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (Modern Library, 1995). -- ePUB

* THE TRAGEDIES OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (Modern Library, 1994). -- ePUB