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William shakespeare baptised 26 april 1564 died 23 april 1616 was an english poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the english language and the worlds preeminent dramatist. The original electronic source for this server was the complete mobytm. How much is complete works of shakespeare by spring books. The complete works of william shakespeare abridged. Jimenez article first published as shakespeare in stratford and london. He is often called englands national poet and the bard of avon or simply the bard. With this beautiful edition, you can enjoy shakespeare s enduring literary legacy again and again. Adam long is the cocreator, cowriter and director of the reduced shakespeare companys the complete works of william shakespeare abridged, which ran in london s west end for nine years and was nominated for an olivier award. The complete works of william shakespeare, comprising his plays and poems shakespeare, william published by spring books, london, england 19670601 1967.
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Part 3 king henry viii king john king lear king richard ii king richard iii loves labours lost macbeth. Apr 02, 2020 the complete dramatic and poetical works of william shakespeare. The complete works of shakespeare contains the recognized canon of the bards plays, and his sonnets and poems. Shakespeare complete works published by spring books, london. Browse items online peter harrington catalogue 162 spring miscellany. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. In 1989 daniel hung up his doubletandhose to design theme park attractions at walt disney imagineering, where he. Please note, that books listed below are not entirely complete works, but all works that were published so far on project gutenberg. Simply click on the download button and you will get the entire index to the disc of your computer. The complete works of william shakespeare comprising his plays and poems shakespeare, william wolfit c. Oxford university, london glasgow, wordsworth library colletion, clarendon.
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