After editing the plays himself, Keightley gathered his notes on Shakespeare’s obscure words and corrupt passages into one companion. A short life of the poet and an account of editions, dates and sources is followed by play-by-play commentary, from The Comedy of Errors onward, weighing emendations and explaining Elizabethan usage.
A useful old aid for close readers of Shakespeare’s text, from the author of The Fairy Mythology. Download the free EPUB.