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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 September 2023

Stanley Wells
Foreword by
Stephen Fry
Stanley Wells
Affiliation:
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon
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What Was Shakespeare Really Like? , pp. 139 - 141
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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All quotations from Shakespeare are taken from the Complete Works, edited by Stanley Wells, Gary Taylor, John Jowett, and William Montgomery (Oxford University Press, 1986; revised edition 2005).

The following is a selective list of books referred to in my lectures along with a few more that readers might find relevant and helpful.

Bradley, A. C., Oxford Lectures on Poetry. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909.Google Scholar
Bradley, A. C., Shakespearian Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth. London: Penguin, 1991; first published 1904.Google Scholar
Bullough, Geoffrey (ed.), Narrative and Dramatic Sources of Shakespeare. 8 vols. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1957–1973.Google Scholar
Chambers, E. K., William Shakespeare: A Study of Facts and Problems. 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1930.Google Scholar
Crystal, David, and Crystal, Ben, Shakespeare’s Words: A Glossary and Language Companion. London: Penguin, 2002.Google Scholar
Dobson, Michael, and Wells, Stanley (eds). The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare. Oxford University Press, 2001; revised edition, 2015.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Duncan-Jones, Katherine, Ungentle Shakespeare: Scenes from His Life. London: Arden Shakespeare, 2001; revised edition 2010.Google Scholar
Gillespie, Stuart, Shakespeare’s Books: A Dictionary of Shakespeare’s Sources. London: Athlone, 2001.Google Scholar
Gurr, Andrew, Playgoing in Shakespeare’s London. Cambridge University Press, 2004.Google Scholar
Kermode, Frank, Shakespeare’s Language. London: Allen Lane, 2000.Google Scholar
Munro, John (ed.), The Shakspere Allusion Book: A Collection of Allusions to Shakspere from 1591–1700. 2 vols. Oxford University Press, 1932.Google Scholar
Nicholl, Charles, The Lodger: Shakespeare on Silver Street. London: Allen Lane, 2007.Google Scholar
Schoenbaum, S. William Shakespeare: A Compact Documentary Life. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1977.Google Scholar
Shaw, George Bernard, Shaw on Shakespeare, with an introduction by Edwin Wilson. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1969.Google Scholar
Spurgeon, Caroline F. E., Shakespeare’s Imagery and What it Tells Us. Cambridge University Press, 1935; reprinted 1993.Google Scholar
Re-editing Shakespeare for the Modern Reader. Oxford University Press, 1979.Google Scholar
Shakespeare: A Dramatic Life. London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1994, reprinted as Shakespeare: A Life in Drama, W. W. Norton, 1996.Google Scholar
The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare, edited with Dobson, Michael. Oxford University Press, 2001; new edition 2015.Google Scholar
Shakespeare: For All Time. London: Macmillan, 2002.Google Scholar
Shakespeare’s Sonnets, with Paul Edmondson. Oxford University Press, 2004.Google Scholar
Shakespeare and Co.: Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Dekker, Ben Jonson, Thomas Middleton, John Fletcher and the Other Players in His Story. London: Penguin Books, 2007.Google Scholar
Shakespeare in the Theatre: An Anthology of Criticism. Oxford University Press, 2007.Google Scholar
Looking for Sex in Shakespeare. Cambridge University Press, 2010.Google Scholar
Shakespeare, Sex and Love. Oxford University Press, 2010.Google Scholar
Great Shakespeare Actors: Burbage to Branagh. Oxford University Press, 2013.Google Scholar
Shakespeare Beyond Doubt: Evidence, Argument, Controversy, edited with Edmondson, Paul. Cambridge University Press, 2013.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
The Shakespeare Circle, edited with Edmondson, Paul. Cambridge University Press, 2015.Google Scholar
Re-editing Shakespeare for the Modern Reader. Oxford University Press, 1979.Google Scholar
Shakespeare: A Dramatic Life. London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1994, reprinted as Shakespeare: A Life in Drama, W. W. Norton, 1996.Google Scholar
The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare, edited with Dobson, Michael. Oxford University Press, 2001; new edition 2015.Google Scholar
Shakespeare: For All Time. London: Macmillan, 2002.Google Scholar
Shakespeare’s Sonnets, with Paul Edmondson. Oxford University Press, 2004.Google Scholar
Shakespeare and Co.: Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Dekker, Ben Jonson, Thomas Middleton, John Fletcher and the Other Players in His Story. London: Penguin Books, 2007.Google Scholar
Shakespeare in the Theatre: An Anthology of Criticism. Oxford University Press, 2007.Google Scholar
Looking for Sex in Shakespeare. Cambridge University Press, 2010.Google Scholar
Shakespeare, Sex and Love. Oxford University Press, 2010.Google Scholar
Great Shakespeare Actors: Burbage to Branagh. Oxford University Press, 2013.Google Scholar
Shakespeare Beyond Doubt: Evidence, Argument, Controversy, edited with Edmondson, Paul. Cambridge University Press, 2013.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
The Shakespeare Circle, edited with Edmondson, Paul. Cambridge University Press, 2015.Google Scholar

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  • Book List
  • Stanley Wells, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Foreword by Stephen Fry
  • Book: What Was Shakespeare Really Like?
  • Online publication: 14 September 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009340403.008
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  • Stanley Wells, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Foreword by Stephen Fry
  • Book: What Was Shakespeare Really Like?
  • Online publication: 14 September 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009340403.008
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  • Book List
  • Stanley Wells, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Foreword by Stephen Fry
  • Book: What Was Shakespeare Really Like?
  • Online publication: 14 September 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009340403.008
Available formats
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