William Shakespeare

The Plays of William Shakspeare. with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. to Which Are Added Notes by S. Johnson and G. Steevens. a New Edition, Revised and Augmented, with a Glossarial Index. Volume the Sixteenth William Shakespeare

Publisher Marketing: Title: The Plays of William Shakspeare. With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators. To which are added notes by S. Johnson and G. Steevens. A new edition, revised and augmented, with a glossarial index, by the editor of Dodsley's Collection of Old Plays [I. Reed]. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The POETRY & DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian verse. Containing many classic works from important dramatists and poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage and verse. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Shakespeare, William; Capell, Edward; Isaac. 1799 23 vol.; 8 . C.134.dd.1. Contributor Bio:  Shakespeare, William William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. His father, John Shakespeare, was a store owner and a farmer, and at one point, also served as the town's mayor. William was the third of eight children. He was married to Anne Hathaway who was eight years older than himself. They had three children: Susanna (1583), and twins Hamnet and Judith (1585). Shakespeare wrote 36 plays, 154 Sonnets and two narrative poems. He died on April 23, 1616, and was buried at Trinity Church in Stratford, England.