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One annotated text and one study guide for every play on Shakespeare Study, plus a Complete Works. Descriptions and cover images are taken from the Amazon listings. Prices change there, not here.
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Every play
Palgrave Macmillan
Edited by Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen with the Royal Shakespeare Company. The text follows the 1623 First Folio, with a general introduction and an essay on each play written for students, teachers and readers who want the plays as living theatre.
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Annotated edition
The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
Arden’s student edition, with on-page notes on meaning and staging, plus an illustrated introduction to the play’s history, theatre and the debate about Middleton’s possible share in some scenes.
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Study guide
York Notes GCSE (9–1)
York Notes’ GCSE study guide: plot, characters, themes, language and context, with sample answers and advice on the questions examiners actually set.
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Annotated edition
The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
René Weis’s Arden Third Series text: a full introduction, commentary beside the play, and notes on language, sources and performance.
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Study guide
York Notes GCSE (9–1)
York Notes’ GCSE companion: clear summaries, analysis of form, language and structure, key quotations, and practice at writing higher-band essays.
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Annotated edition
The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
Ann Thompson and Neil Taylor’s revised Arden edition. A modernised Second Quarto text, fully annotated, with an updated introduction on productions and criticism.
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Study guide
York Notes Advanced
York Notes Advanced for A Level and beyond: act summaries, extended commentary, contexts, and a range of critical perspectives for longer essays.
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Annotated edition
The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
Revised Arden edition with a new illustrated introduction by Ayanna Thompson on race, religion, gender and later adaptations, beside a fully annotated text.
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Study guide
York Notes Advanced
A Level study guide with an expanded exam section, tasks on analysis and critical interpretations, and progress checks for themes, characters and context.
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Annotated edition
The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
R. A. Foakes’s Arden edition, widely recommended for the text itself and for the commentary on the Lear universe, from sources to the stage.
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Study guide
York Notes Advanced
York Notes Advanced: scene commentary, themes, critics and context, written for A Level essays rather than a quick plot skim.
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Annotated edition
The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
Alden and Virginia Vaughan’s revised Arden text, including newer work on Shakespeare’s sources, colonial themes, and major productions including Julie Taymor’s 2010 film.
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Study guide
York Notes GCSE (9–1)
York Notes’ GCSE guide to plot, characters, contexts and language, with help on turning that reading into exam answers.
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Annotated edition
The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
Claire McEachern’s revised Arden edition: an authoritative text with on-page commentary and an introduction to the play’s critical and stage history.
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Study guide
CGP GCSE English Text Guides
CGP’s GCSE companion: summaries, notes on characters, themes, language and background, activities, exam-style questions, and the online edition with quizzes.
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Annotated edition
The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
Keir Elam’s Arden Third Series edition, with a long critical introduction and line-by-line commentary on one of Shakespeare’s most enigmatic comedies.
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Study guide
CGP GCSE English Text Guides
CGP’s GCSE Text Guide: plot summaries, character and theme notes, language and context, practice tasks and exam-style questions, plus the online edition and quizzes.
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Annotated edition
The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
John Drakakis’s Arden edition: a fully annotated text and an introduction that takes the play’s difficult stage and critical history seriously.
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Study guide
CGP GCSE English Text Guides
CGP’s GCSE Text Guide to characters, themes, language and context, with activities, exam-style questions and the online edition and quizzes.
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Annotated edition
The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
David Daniell’s Arden edition treats the play as a new kind of political drama: fast action, rhetorical language, and tyranny read against the last years of Elizabeth I.
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Study guide
Mr Bruff
The play with a line-by-line translation into modern English, plus notes on language, structure, form, themes, context and the author, written for GCSE.
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Annotated edition
The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
Arden Third Series text with notes and commentary on the same page, and an introduction covering criticism, history, and productions around the world.
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Study guide
Collins Classroom Classics
A classroom edition of the full play with an introduction, on-page notes, a plot reminder at each scene, theme and character indexes, and a timeline of Shakespeare’s life and times.
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Annotated edition
The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
James R. Siemon’s Arden edition: an annotated text and an introduction to the play’s politics, sources and performance.
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Study guide
York Notes Key Stage 3
A short York Notes guide for a first reading: scene summaries and commentary that walk through the play without assuming you already know the histories.
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Annotated edition
The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
T. W. Craik’s Arden edition, with detailed notes on language, textual problems, stage directions and Shakespeare’s sources, plus a stage history.
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Study guide
SparkNotes Literature Guide
SparkNotes’ literature guide to Henry V: a compact companion to plot, characters and themes for readers working through the play for school.
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Annotated edition
The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
John Pitcher’s Arden Third Series edition of Shakespeare’s late play, with a full critical introduction and commentary on the text.
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Study guide
Arden Performance Editions
A student and rehearsal text with short definitions, notes on textual variants and pronunciation, space to annotate, and a brief introduction. The scholarly Arden above is the one for longer essays.
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