Classics / Modern (<1799)

Coriolanus

by William Shakespeare, Jonathan Bate & Eric Rasmussen

“O mother, mother! What have you done?”

—Coriolanus

Eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide a fresh new edition of this gripping political and personal tragedy—along with...

The Comedy of Errors

by William Shakespeare, Jonathan Bate & Eric Rasmussen

Hilarious fun, this early comedy is filled with the merry violence of slapstick and farce. When two sets of twins, separated and apparently lost to each other, all end up in the rowdy, rollicking city of Ephesus,...

Julius Caesar

by William Shakespeare, Jonathan Bate & Eric Rasmussen

In this striking tragedy of political conflict, Shakespeare turns to the ancient Roman world and to the famous assassination of Julius Caesar by his republican opponents. The play is one of tumultuous rivalry,...

The Merry Wives of Windsor

by William Shakespeare, Jonathan Bate & Eric Rasmussen

“Why, then the world’s mine oyster.”

—The Merry Wives of Windsor

Eminent Shakespearean scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen provide a fresh new edition of this popular comedy of love, laughter,...