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Shakespeare for the wiser sort : solving Shakespeare's riddles in The Comedy of Errors, Romeo and Juliet, King John, 1-2 Henry IV, the Merchant of Venice, Henry V, Julius Caesar, Othello, Macbeth, and Cymbeline

Steve Sohmer (Author), Matthew Frost (Other), Manchester University Press (Publisher)
Steve Sohmer’s book solves literally dozens of Shakespeare’s riddles which have never been solved before. Scholars, editors of the plays, and theatre enthusiasts will find much in these pages to inform, surprise and delight them. -- .
Downloadable Article, English, 2018
Manchester University Press, Manchester, UK, 2018
Electronic books
Scholars and general readership of Shakespeare.
1 online resource (xv, 192 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)
9781526135124, 1526135124
1125341477
1. ‘… to please the wiser sort.’: Shakespeare’s other (smarter) audience2. ‘Doubt thou the starres are fire ….’: the new philosophy in Hamlet3. ‘The time is out of joint’: Queen Elizabeth’s calendar muddle4. Shakespeare’s time-riddles in Romeo and Juliet solved5. ‘Two and fortie houres’: did Shakespeare know Bandello?6. Disrobing images: Shakespeare rewrites the Holy Ghost7. The ‘double time’ crux in Othello solved8. ‘Who’s there?’: the men behind the masks of Falstaff, Faulconbridge, Lamord, and Hamlet -- .
In-house editor: Matthew Frost
Originally published in print form: 2007
1. ' ... to please the wiser sort.': Shakespeare's other (smarter) audience2. 'Doubt thou the starres are fire ... ': the new philosophy in Hamlet3. 'The time is out of joint': Queen Elizabeth's calendar muddle4. Shakespeare's time-riddles in Romeo and Juliet solved5. 'Two and fortie houres': did Shakespeare know Bandello?6. Disrobing images: Shakespeare rewrites the Holy Ghost7. The 'double time' crux in Othello solved8. 'Who's there?': the men behind the masks of Falstaff, Faulconbridge, Lamord, and Hamlet
Electronic reproduction, Manchester, UK, Manchester University Press, 2018, Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions
In English
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