num_pages: 1136
description: Extracted from the best-selling Complete Works of Shakespeare, 5/e by David Bevington, The Necessary Shakespeare offers the most comprehensive scholarly apparatus, with the most often taught—necessary—of Shakespeare's work, creating a truly concise yet complete anthology. This anthology provides extensive introductions to the plays and poems-offering discussion topics, sources for each play, and the stage history of performances. Readers interested in Shakespeare.
language: English
title: The Necessary Shakespeare
titlecomplete: The Necessary Shakespeare
genres: Read For School, School, Drama, Plays, Poetry, Textbooks, Literature, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 209
publisher: Pearson / Longman