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RR 2016/159 The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare (2nd edition) General editors Michael Dobson and Stanley Wells. Revised by Will Sharpe and Erin Sullivan Oxford University Press Oxford, UK 2015 xxx + 574 pp. ISBN 978 0 19 870873 5 (print); ISBN 978 0 19 178880 2 (e-book) £40 $65 Oxford Companions Also available online in Oxford Reference
Keywords Drama, English literature, William Shakespeare
Review DOI 10.1108/RR-03-2016-0063
Timed to coincide with the commemoration in 2016 of Shakespeare's death and global "Shakespeare 400" celebrations through the year, this second edition of a very successful volume in the Oxford Companions series will be very well-received by scholars and laypeople who wish to have a one-volume work of reference not just to the plays but to the Bard's life and legacy. This means the inclusion not only of key facts but also the distillation of 400 years of performance and interpretation, with useful summaries of key directors and actors...