The plays of Shakespeare
Subtitle: from the text of Dr. S. Johnson. With the prefaces, notes, etc., of Rowe, Pope, Theobald, Hanmer, Warburton, Johnson, and select notes from many other critics. Also, the introduction of the last editor, Mr. Capell, and a table shewing his various readings.
Contributors: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
Publisher: Thomas Ewing
Published: 1771
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Work titles: Works
Notes: Includes Shakespeare's poems.

Each of the first six vols. is in two parts; sometimes bound in twelve, or with the poems, in thirteen volumes. All the preliminary matter is pirated from Capell's edition, 1767-68 - Jaggard.
Table of contents: title: Vol. 1, pt. 1: Prefaces and introductions ; The tempest ; The midsummer night's dream --; title: v. 1, pt. 2: The two gentlemen of Verona ; Measure for measure ; The merchant of Venice ; As you like it --; title: v. 2, pt. 1: Love's labour's lost ; The winter's tale ; Twelfth night --; title: v. 2, pt. 2: The merry wives of Windsor ; The taming of the shrew ; The comedy of errors --; title: v. 3, pt. 1: Much ado about nothing ; All's well that ends well ; King John --; title: v. 3, pt. 2: Richard II ; Henry IV --; title: v. 4, pt. 1: Henry V ; Henry VI, pts 1-2 --; title: v. 4, pt. 2: Henry VI, pt. 3 --; title: Richard III --; title: v. 5, pt. 1: Henry VIII ; King Lear ; Timon of Athens ; Titus Andronicus --; title: v. 5, pt. 2: Macbeth ; Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar --; title: v. 6, pt. 1: Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline ; Troilus and Cressida --; title: v. 6, pt. 2: Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello ; poems