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This category stretches the definition of England to include Scotland and Denmark.

The English category includes the history plays, some tragedy, a couple of redemptive plays and one of the best of the comedies, The Merry Wives of Windsor.

Signet Hamlet -- Order Here.The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark

by William Shakespeare, Sylvan Barnet
(Signet Classic Shakespeare Series)
Paperback - 296 pages 2nd Rev edition (June 1998).

Signet Henry IV - I Order Here.The History of Henry Iv, Part I

by William Shakespeare;
General Ed., Sylvan Barnet
Ed., Maynard Mak
Paperback Revised edition (July 1987)
New Amer. Library.

This edition features essays written by Samuel Johnson and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.  The "On Stage and Screen" essay is written by Sylvan Barnet and includes a description of a stage production that features Richard Burton as Prince Hal, Anthony Quayle as Falstaff and Michael Redgrave as Hotspur.

Signet Henry V -- Order Here.Henry V

by William Shakespeare,
General Ed. Sylvan Barnet
Paperback - 272 pages Revised edition (August 1998), Signet Classic.

 

Signet Henry VI (complete) Ordere Here

Henry VI, Parts I, II, and III

by William Shakespeare,
General ed. Sylvan Barnet
Paperback
Rev/Updated edition (May 1993)

2 Plays:  King John and Henry VIII - order hereThe Life and Death of King John [and] The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth

(2 plays in one volume)
by William Shakespeare
Rev/Updated edition (March 1989) New Amer. Library.

Signet King Lear -- Order Here.The Tragedy of King Lear

by William Shakespeare, General ed. Sylvan Barnet, Russell Fraser (Editor).
Paperback - 320 pages Revised edition (June 1998) Signet Classic Shakespeare Series.

Signet MacBeth -- Order Here.The Tragedy of MacBeth:

With New and Updated Critical Essays and a Revised Bibliography
by William Shakespeare, General Ed. Sylvan Barnet
Paperback - 288 pages Revised edition (April 1998). The Signet Classic Shakespeare.

Signet Four Great Tragedies Order HereFour Great Tragedies : Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, MacBeth

by William Shakespeare,
General Ed. Sylvan Barnet
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The Merry Wives of Windsor

Signet King Richard II Order HereThe Tragedy of King Richard II

by William Shakespeare
Paperback Reissue Edition (July 1993); New Amer. Library.

Signet Richard III -- Order HereThe Tragedy of Richard Third

by William Shakespeare
Gen. Ed. Sylvan Barnet;
Mark Eccles (editor), Univ. of Wisconsin.
Updated edition (
July 1998)
New American Library.

  The essays in this new edition include two selections from Shakespeare's sources for the play:   The History of King Richard III (Sir Thomas More) and The Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Raphael Holinshed).  In addition, there are two essays from Charles Lamb.  The "On Stage and Screen" essay is written by Eccles, the editor and includes his comments on Olivier's Richard III (on film), Al Pacino's Looking for Richard, and Ian McKellen's Richard III.

 

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