William Shakespeare; Catherine M. S. Alexander [editor] — The Cambridge Shakespeare Library

London, Cambridge University Press, 2003. Cloth. A very smart three volume set of Shakespeare criticism and commentary from Cambridge University Press. Complete in three volumes. Representing the best in modern Shakespearean criticism, with one hundred and forty articles arranged across the volumes. Edited by Catherine M. S. Alexander, a British Honorary Fellow of the Shakespeare Institute at the University of Birmingham and has worked for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, the International Shakespeare Association. Volume one: Shakespeare's Times, Texts, and Stages - includes commentary on Shakespeare's life, works, and staging of plays in the period. Introduced by Stanley Wells, an English scholar and writer who was appointed honorary president of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Volume two: Shakespeare Criticism - covers the many different schools and trends of literary criticism applied to Shakespeare since the Second World War. Introduced by Terence Hawkes, a British professor of English. Volume three: Shakespeare Performance - includes performance-centred articles on theatres, film, acting, and staging. Introduced by Peter Holland, a British professor and Chair of the International Shakespeare Association. In the original brown cloth binding. Externally, very smart with the odd mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .