The earliest texts of William Shakespeare's works were published during the 16th and 17th centuries in quarto or folio format. Folios are large, tall volumes;...

figures cannot be known. See Shakespearean authorship, Shakespeare's collaborations and Shakespeare Apocrypha for further details. The identical dates may...

similar concept of separate editions of plays is known as comedia suelta. Book size Bookbinding Folio Octavo Early texts of Shakespeare's works English Renaissance...

quartos of Shakespeare's plays. [See: Early texts of Shakespeare's works.] Nothing is known of Simmes's early life or personal history. He was active...

relative chronology of Shakespeare's oeuvre by various means, using external evidence (such as references to the plays by Shakespeare's contemporaries in...

of Avon". Shakespeare bibliography Chronology of Shakespeare's plays William Shakespeare's collaborations Complete Works of Shakespeare Early texts of...

(1663–64), and Fourth Folios (1685) than about the First; see early texts of Shakespeare's works. In the 18th century, however, interested individuals made...

Shakespeare's plays are a canon of approximately 39 dramatic works written by the English poet, playwright, and actor William Shakespeare. The exact number...

printed several first editions and early texts of Shakespeare's works. Short became a "freeman" (full member) of the Stationers Company on 1 March 1589...

can understand texts written in the late phase of Early Modern English, such as the King James Bible and the works of William Shakespeare, and they have...

Spelling of Shakespeare's name World Shakespeare Bibliography Shakespeare's Politics Shakespeare's sonnets Shakespeare's plays The belief that Shakespeare was...

with Shakespeare. Like many of Shakespeare's works, the Shakespeare authorship question has also entered into fiction of various genres. An early example...

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) wrote sonnets on a variety of themes. When discussing or referring to Shakespeare's sonnets, it is almost always a reference...

printing 4 (generally non-consecutive) pages per impression. Early quarto texts of Shakespeare's works: Folios and Quartos Bad quarto Quarto Group, a London-based...

after Shakespeare's death. It is considered one of the most influential books ever published. Printed in folio format and containing 36 of Shakespeare's plays...

Many works have been pointed to as possible sources for Shakespeare's play, from ancient Greek tragedies to Elizabethan dramas. The editors of the Arden...

Shakespeare in Original Pronunciation (OP) is a movement dedicated to the examination and subsequent performance of Shakespeare's works in the phonology...

The Guinness Book of Records lists 410 feature-length film and TV versions of William Shakespeare's plays, making Shakespeare the most filmed author ever...

Tillyard, E. M. W Shakespeare's History Plays. New York, 1944, p. 174. Pitcher, Seymour M., The Case for Shakespeare's Authorship of 'The Famous Victories'...

largest collection of the printed works of William Shakespeare, and is a primary repository for rare materials from the early modern period (1500–1750) in...

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (also known as The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged)) is a play written by Adam Long, Daniel...

lawsuits, records of payments, and references to Shakespeare and his works in printed and hand-written texts. Nevertheless, hundreds of biographies have...

Shakespeare's plays were written for performance by his own company, and because no law prevented rival companies from using the plays, Shakespeare's...

early version of Shakespeare's own play, and point to the fact that Shakespeare's version survives in three quite different early texts, Q1 (1603), Q2...

Shakespeare's grief over the loss of his only son may lie at the heart of the tragedy. Speculation over Hamnet's influence on Shakespeare's works is...

William Shakespeare published in 1593. It is probably Shakespeare's first publication. The poem tells the story of Venus, the goddess of Love; of her unrequited...

stage as Shakespeare. Editors and critics have studied the dramatic performances of his texts as well as the language of Shakespeare. His works are read...

three-fifths are mostly Shakespeare's, following Gary Taylor's claim that by the middle of the Jacobean decade, "Shakespeare's poetic style had become...

undisputed pseudonym in the same texts." List of Shakespeare plays in quarto Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Shakespeare's contemporary, signed his surname...

lead and sought to determine an authoritative text of Shakespeare. Johnson began reading Shakespeare's plays and poetry when he was a young boy. He would...