“Handy, companionable and trustworthy ... awesomely assured ... this is a must-own volume that Bard veterans and apprentices alike will punish - and reward - with daily use.” ---- Boyd Tonkin, The Independent
“You couldn't wish for a more user-friendly, reliable guidebook ... I doff my Bardic cap to this fine achievement” ---- Anthony Holden, author of William Shakespeare: His Life and WorkDaily Mail
“A reference work and more, which could hardly be bettered, strongly recommended to all students and playgoers.” ---- Professor Jonathan Bate, co-editor of the RSC Shakespeare
“About as far from York Notes-style platitudes as it's possible to be.” ---- The Times
“What I like most about The Rough Guide to Shakespeare is that its author grinds no axes of any kind ... his native good sense shines through on every page.” ---- Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal
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“Compendious and likely to be extremely useful, whether you are just beginning Shakespeare or preparing to see your forty-eighth Hamlet.”---- Robert Shore, The Times Literary Supplement
