Folger Shakespeare Library Editions

The Follower Shakespeare Library Editions is the name of an illustrated series of individual editions of Shakespeare's works with general commentary. It is edited by Barbara Mowat and Paul Werstine on behalf of the Folger Shakespeare Library and is published by Simon & Schuster .

particularities

The individual editions contain an introduction in which the linguistic features of the respective work are pointed out and the text and performance history are briefly summarized. The output is designed in such a way that commentary (left) and text (right) can be found on opposite pages. The commentary contains a summary of the respective scenes, line-related explanations of terms and contemporary illustrations from the Folger Library. The appendix contains the editorial notes on text variants and emendations, a scientific commentary ( A Modern Perspective ) and a detailed bibliography. The edition is supported by a broad online offering. All dramas can be downloaded as Followers of Digital Texts . There are teaching materials for some of the works.

Works published so far

• A Midsummer Night's Dream , with commentary by Catherine Belsey . ISBN 978-0-7434-7754-3 .
• All's Well That Ends Well , with commentary by David McCandless. ISBN 978-0-7434-8497-8 .
• Antony and Cleopatra , with a comment by Cynthia Marshall. ISBN 978-0-7434-8285-1 .
• As You Like It , with a comment by Susan Snyder. ISBN 978-0-7434-8486-2 .
• The Comedy of Errors , with a commentary by Arthur F. Kinney. ISBN 978-0-7434-8488-6 .
• Coriolanus , with a comment by Susan Snyder. ISBN 978-0-671-72258-6 .
• Cymbeline , with a comment by Cynthia Marshall. ISBN 978-0-671-72259-3 .
• Hamlet , with a comment by Michael Neill. ISBN 978-0-7434-8278-3 .
• King Henry IV, Part 1 , with a comment by Alexander Leggatt. ISBN 978-0-7434-8504-3 .
• King Henry IV, Part 2 , with a comment by AR Braunmuller. ISBN 978-0-671-72267-8 .
• King Henry V , with a comment by Michael Neill. ISBN 978-0-7434-8487-9 .
• King Henry VI, Part 1 , with a comment by Phyllis Rackin. ISBN 978-0-671-72266-1 .
• King Henry VI, Part 2 , with a comment by Nina Levine. ISBN 978-0-671-72267-8 .
• King Henry VI, Part 3 , with a comment by Nina Levine. ISBN 978-0-671-72268-5 .
• King Henry VIII , with a comment by Barbara A. Mowat. ISBN 978-0-7432-7330-5 .
• Julius Caesar , with a comment by Coppelia Kahn. ISBN 978-0-7434-8274-5 .
• King John , with a comment by T. Curren-Aquino. ISBN 978-0-7434-8498-5 .
• King Lear , with a comment by Susan Snyder. ISBN 978-0-7434-8276-9 .
• Love's Labor's Lost , with commentary by William C. Carroll. ISBN 978-0-7434-8492-3 .
• Macbeth , with a comment by William C. Carroll. ISBN 978-0-7434-7710-9 .
• Measure for Measure , with a comment by Christy Desmet. ISBN 978-0-7434-8490-9 .
• The Merchant of Venice , with a comment by Alexander Leggatt. ISBN 978-0-7434-7756-7 .
• The Merry Wives of Windsor , with commentary by Natasha Korda. ISBN 978-0-671-72278-4 .
• Much Ado About Nothing , with a comment by Gail Kern Paster. ISBN 978-0-7434-8275-2 .
• Othello , with a comment by Susan Snyder. ISBN 978-0-7434-7755-0 .
• Pericles , with a comment by Margaret Jane Kidnie. ISBN 978-0-7432-7329-9 .
• King Richard II , with a comment by Phyllis Rackin. ISBN 978-0-7434-8491-6 .
• King Richard III , with a comment by Phyllis Rackin. ISBN 978-0-7434-8284-4 .
• Romeo and Juliet , with a comment by Gail Kern Paster. ISBN 978-1-4516-2170-9 .
• Shakespeare's Sonnets , with commentary by Lynne Magnusson. ISBN 978-0-671-72287-6 .
• Shakespeare's Sonnets and Poems , with commentary by Lynne Magnusson and Catherine Belsey. ISBN 978-0-7432-7328-2 .
• The Taming of the Shrew , with commentary by Karen Newman. ISBN 978-0-7434-7757-4 .
• The Tempest , with a comment by Barbara A. Mowat. ISBN 978-0-7434-8283-7 .

• The Two Gentlemen of Verona , with a comment by Jeffrey Masten. ISBN 978-0-671-72295-1 .
• The Two Noble Kinsmen , with a comment by Dieter Mehl . ISBN 978-0-671-72296-8 .
• The Winter's Tale , with commentary by Stephen Orgel. ISBN 978-0-7434-8489-3 .
• Timon of Athens , with a comment by Coppélia Kahn. ISBN 978-0-671-47955-8 .
• Titus Andronicus , with a comment by Alexander Leggatt. ISBN 978-0-671-72292-0 .
• Troilus and Cressida , with a comment by Jonathan Gil Harris. ISBN 978-0-7432-7331-2 .
• Twelfth Night , with commentary by Catherine Belsey. ISBN 978-0-7434-8496-1 .

Web links

• Official website