Four Comedies
Subtitle: As You Like It / The Tempest / A Midsummer Night's Dream / Twelfth Night
By: by William Shakespeare ; Cambridge text and glossaries, complete and unabridged ; edited by William Aldis Wright ; introductions by Mark Van Doren ; synopses by J. Walker McSpadden ; illustrations by Frederick E. Banbery
Contributors: Wright, William Aldis, 1831-1914
Edition: 1st Pocket Books printing (40)
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: 1970?
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780671489526
Copyright date: 1948
Subjects: Comedy; Criticism and interpretation; Dramatic works
Other titles: Plays
Work titles: Plays
Description: These four great comedies bring you William Shakespeare in a delightful and humorous vein. The complete Cambridge Text of each play is clear and understandable. The story of each play is summed up briefly by J. Walker McSpadden A glossary at the end of the book explains all unusual words and terms. The cast of characters of each play is illustrated by Frederick E. Banbery.

Each play is prefaced with an introduction by Mark Van Doren. This noted critic's comments will add immeasurably to the reader's enjoyment, appreciation and understanding of William Shakespeare and his humour.
--back cover
Table of contents: title: A midsummer night's dream; title: As you like it; title: Twelfth night; title: The tempest.