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The works of William Shakespeare / edited by William Aldis Wright.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.; Wright, William Aldis, 1831-1914.; Wright, William Aldis, 1831-1914, associated name.; Macmillan & Co., publisher.; C.J. Clay and Sons, printer.; Cambridge University Press, printer.
1886
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Title
The works of William Shakespeare / edited by William Aldis Wright.
Uniform title
Works. 1886. Macmillan and Co.
Created/published
London ; New York : Macmillan and Co., 1886-1893 (Cambridge : C.J. Clay, M.A. and Sons, at the University Press)
Description
9 v. ; 24 cm
Associated name
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.
Wright, William Aldis, 1831-1914.
Wright, William Aldis, 1831-1914, associated name.
Macmillan & Co., publisher.
C.J. Clay and Sons, printer.
Cambridge University Press, printer.
Note
Proof sheets for the edition published by Macmillan & Co., 1891-1893.

Includes multiple revisions.

Supplemental notes provided after each play.
Contents
v. 1. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Measure for measure ; Comedy of errors
v. 2. Much ado about nothing ; Love's labour's lost ; Midsummer night's dream ; Merchant of Venice ; As you like it
v. 3. Taming of the shrew ; All's well that ends well ; Twelfth night ; Winter's tale
v. 4. King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV, part 1 ; King Henry IV, part 2 ; Henry V
v. 5. King Henry VI ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIII
v. 6. Troilus and Cressida ; Coriolanus ; Titus Andronicus ; Romeo and Juliet
v. 7. Timon of Athens ; Julius Caesar ; Macbeth ; Hamlet
v. 8. King Lear ; Othello ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline
v. 9. Pericles ; Venus and Adonis ; Rape of Lucrece ; Sonnets ; Lover's complaint ; Passionate pilgrim ; Phoenix and turtle ; Reprints: Merry wives of Windsor ; Chronicle historie of Henry the Fift ; First part of the contention ; True tragedie ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet.
Folger-specific note
Folger contents: v. 1, pt. 1. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Measure for measure ; Comedy of errors (fragment) -- v. 1, pt. 2. Comedy of errors (fragment) ; Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Measure for measure ; Comedy of errors -- v. 2. Much ado about nothing ; Love's labour's lost ; Midsummer night's dream ; Merchant of Venice ; As you like it -- v. 3, pt. 1. Taming of the shrew ; All's well that ends well ; Twelfth night ; Winter's tale ; Taming of the shrew ; All's well that ends well ; Twelfth night ; Winter's tale (fragment) -- v. 3, pt. 2. Winter's tale (fragment) ; Taming of the shrew ; All's well that ends well ; Twelfth night ; Winter's tale -- v. 4, pt. 1. King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV, part 1 ; King Henry IV, part 2 ; Henry V ; King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV, part 1 ; King Henry IV, part 2 (fragment) -- v. 4, pt. 2. King Henry IV, part 2 (fragment) ; Henry V ; [Revision date stamped 18 May '91] King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry IV, part 1 ; King Henry IV, part 2 ; Henry V ; King John (fragment) ; King Richard II (fragment) -- v. 5, pt. 1. King Henry VI ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIII ; King Henry VIII (fragment) ; King Henry VI, part 2 (fragment) ; King Richard III (fragment) -- v. 5, pt. 2. King Henry VI, part 1 (fragment) ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIII -- v. 6, pt. 1. Troilus and Cressida ; Coriolanus ; Titus Andronicus ; Romeo and Juliet ; Troilus and Cressida ; Coriolanus ; Titus Andronicus ; Romeo and Juliet -- v. 6, pt. 2. Romeo and Juliet ; Troilus and Cressida ; Coriolanus ; Titus Andronicus ; Romeo and Juliet -- v. 7. pt. 1. Timon of Athens ; Julius Caesar ; Macbeth ; Hamlet ; Timon of Athens (fragment) -- v. 7, pt. 2. Timon of Athens (fragment) ; Julius Caesar ; Macbeth ; Hamlet ; Timon of Athens ; Julius Caesar ; Macbeth ; Hamlet -- v. 8, pt. 1. King Lear ; Othello ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline ; King Lear ; Othello (fragment) -- v. 8, pt. 2. Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline ; King Lear (fragment) -- v. 8, pt. 3. King Lear (fragment) ; Othello ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline -- v. 9, pt. 1. Pericles ; Venus and Adonis ; Rape of Lucrece ; Sonnets ; Lover's complaint (fragment) -- v. 9, pt. 2. Sonnets (fragment) ; Lover's complaint ; Passionate pilgrim ; Phoenix and turtle ; Reprints: Merry wives of Windsor ; Chronicle historie of Henry the Fift ; First part of the contention ; True tragedie ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Pericles ; Venus and Adonis (fragment) -- v. 9, pt. 3. Venus and Adonis (fragment) ; Rape of Lucrece ; Sonnets ; Lover's complaint ; Passionate pilgrim ; Phoenix and turtle ; Reprints: Merry wives of Windsor ; Chronicle historie of Henry the Fift ; First part of the contention ; True tragedie ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet.
Genre/form
Proofs.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
United States -- New York (State) -- New York.
Great Britain -- England -- Cambridge.

Call number
PR2752 1887g Sh.Col.
Folger-specific note
Unbound; each volume divided into two or three boxes. With manuscript edits and annotations by William Aldis Wright. Stamp: University Press, Cambridge. Note pinned to paper in v.5.; note paper laid in other vols.
Folger accession
No case or acc. number present