Shakespeare: A Playgoer's & Reader's Guide, Paperback/***

A handy yet authoritative guide to all Shakespeare's extant works (with information about those known to be lost), this volume provides cast lists, scene-by-scene plot synopses, and contextual information for Shakespeare's plays, and thorough entries on his poems. It is a perfect primer for anyone wishing to be better acquainted with Shakespeare. Editor(s): Stanley (Honorary President, The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon) Wells