num_pages: 1436
description: Described in the Guardian on its first publication in 1951 as 'a symbol in the history of our national culture', the Collins edition of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare, edited by the late Professor Peter Alexander, has long been established as one of the most authoritative editions of Shakespeare's works, and was chosen by the BBC as the basis for its televised cycle of the plays. Now completely reset in a reader-friendly design, this edition includes a biography of Shakespeare by Germaine Greer, and an introduction to his theatre by the late Anthony BurgessNew introductions to the plays and poemsAn introduction by Alec Yearling on the significance of the Alexander text, with Alexander's own essay on the origins of the text in the First Folio and the 'good' and 'bad' quartosA glossary of around 2500 entries explaining the meaning of obsolete words and phrases, with line references to each occurrenceLine numbering which relates to the standard concordances
language: English
title: Complete Works of William Shakespeare
titlecomplete: Complete Works of William Shakespeare
characters: Romeo, Hamlet, Miranda, Juliet
genres: Theatre, Historical Fiction, Drama, Plays, Poetry, Literature, Reference, Classic Literature, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 55168
publisher: HarperCollins