Steve Harrison, English teacher at Quinton House school, Northampton, never leaves home without The Pocket Companion to Shakespeare’s Plays (Mitchell Beazley and Reed International Books pound;7.99).
“An ideal reference for theatregoer, student ‘and even children coming to the plays for the first time’ as Dame Judi Dench says in the foreword.
“For each play there is a plot synopsis, noteson principal characters and a resume of performance history. It also contains a critique on the poemsand sonnets, a history of Shakespearean theatreand a selected glossaryof Elizabethan English.And it fits in yourpocket.”
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