The Staunton Shakespeare

The second volume of Staunton's influential mid-nineteenth-century edition of Shakespeare's plays, with illustrations by John Gilbert.

William Shakespeare (Author), Howard Staunton (Edited by)

9781108000031, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 20 July 2009

784 pages
23.4 x 4 x 15.6 cm, 1.08 kg

First published in 1859, this is the second of three volumes of Howard Staunton's collection of Shakespeare's plays, with black-and-white illustrations by the prolific artist John Gilbert. Staunton's annotated edition, based on the folio and quarto editions collated with the texts of later editors from Rowe to Dyce, combines common sense with meticulous research, making it a definitive resource in its day. Each play is accompanied by an introduction giving details of its original production and publication and the sources of its plot, critical commentary, and footnotes explaining terms and expressions. This volume contains All's Well That Ends Well, Henry V, As You Like It, Pericles, Prince of Tyre; Twelfth Night, Henry VI Part I, Henry VI Part 2, Henry VI Part 3, Timon of Athens, Richard III, Measure for Measure, Henry VIII, and Cymbeline.

1. All's Well That Ends Well
2. King Henry the Fifth
3. As You Like It
4. Pericles, Prince of Tyre
5. Twelfth Night
or, What You Will
6. The First Part of King Henry the Sixth
7. The Second Part of King Henry the Sixth
8. The Third Part of King Henry the Sixth
9. Timon of Athens
10. Richard the Third
11. Measure For Measure
12. King Henry the Eighth
13. Cymbeline.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]