Four Great Comedies: The Taming of the Shrew; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Twelfth Night; The Tempest (Signet Classics)

Four of the Bard's most famous comediesincluding The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, and The Tempest. Comedies, as one of William Shakespeare's contemporaries wrote, begin in trouble and end in peace. This is certainly true of the four masterworks selected for this collection, each of which represents a significant stage in the Bards development as a writer. Reading these plays, we sample the whole comic spectrum of the Elizabethan world. This comedy collection in the Signet Classics Shakespeare series includes: An overview of William Shakespeares life, world, and theater A special introduction by the series general editor, Sylvan Barnet Reliable texts by noted Shakespeare scholars Text, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable format Recommended readings