These are all books I have in my personal library, organised by broad topic, and in which I can easily check or find a reference for you. Please do feel free to ask if you need something checked in one of these books.

William Shakespeare edit

The plays and poems edit

Complete Works edit

  • Staunton, Howard (1996). The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. Wordsworth Editions Ltd. ISBN 185326895X.

The Sonnets and Poems edit

  • Burrow, Colin, ed. (2008). The Complete Sonnets and Poems. The Oxford Shakespeare. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199535798.
  • Duncan-Jones, Katherine, ed. (2007). Shakespeare's Sonnets. The Arden Shakespeare, third series. London: Arden Shakespeare. ISBN 9781903436578.

Hamlet edit

  • Hibbard, GR, ed. (2008). Hamlet. The Oxford Shakespeare. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199535811.
  • Thompson, Ann; Taylor, Neil, eds. (2006). Hamlet. The Arden Shakespeare, Third Series. London: Arden Shakespeare. ISBN 9781904271338.
  • Thompson, Ann; Taylor, Neil, eds. (2006). Hamlet: The Texts of 1603 and 1623. The Arden Shakespeare, Third Series. London: Arden Shakespeare. ISBN 9781904271802.

Romeo and Juliet edit

  • Levenson, Jill L, ed. (2000). Romeo and Juliet. The Oxford Shakespeare. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192814968.
  • Levenson, Jill L, ed. (2008). Romeo and Juliet. The Oxford Shakespeare. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199535897.

The Tempest edit

  • Orgel, Stephen, ed. (1987). The Tempest. The Oxford Shakespeare. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199535903.
  • Vaughan, Virginia Mason; Vaughan, Alden T, eds. (1999). The Tempest. The Arden Shakespeare, Third Series. London: Arden Shakespeare. ISBN 9781903436080.
  • Gibson, Rex, ed. (2006). The Tempest. Cambridge Student Guides. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521538572.
  • Hulme, Peter; Sherman, William H. (2004). The Tempest: Sources and Contexts, Criticism, Rewritings and Appropriations. Norton Critical Editions. London: W. W. Norton. ISBN 9780393978193.
  • Palmer, David John (1991). Shakespeare's "Tempest": A Selection of Critical Essays. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 0333533623.
  • Todd, Loreto (2003). The Tempest. York Notes Advanced. London: York Press. ISBN 0582784379.

Twelfth Night edit

  • Wells, Stanley; Warren, Roger, eds. (2008). Twelfth Night, or What You Will. The Oxford Shakespeare. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0199536090.
  • Keir, Elam, ed. (2008). Twelfth Night. Arden Shakespeare, third series. Arden Shakespeare. ISBN 1903436990.
  • Smith, Emma (2001). York Notes Advanced on "Twelfth Night" by William Shakespeare. Longman. ISBN 0582431506.

Henry VI edit

  • Taylor, Michael, ed. (2008). Henry VI, Part One. The Oxford Shakespeare. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0199537100.
  • Warren, Roger, ed. (2008). Henry VI, Part Two. The Oxford Shakespeare. Ofxord: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0199537429.
  • Martin, Randall, ed. (2008). Henry VI, Part Three. The Oxford Shakespeare. Ofxord: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0199537119.
  • Burns, Edward, ed. (2000). King Henry VI, Part 1. Arden Shakespeare, third series. Arden Shakespeare. ISBN 1903436435.
  • Knowles, Ronald, ed. (1999). King Henry VI, Part 2. Arden Shakespeare, third series. Arden Shakespeare. ISBN 9781903436639.
  • Cox, John D.; Rasmussen, Eric, eds. (2001). King Henry VI, Part 3. Arden Shakespeare, third series. Arden Shakespeare. ISBN 1903436311.

Double Falsehood edit

  • Hammond, Brean, ed. (2009). Double Falsehood. Arden Shakespeare, third series. Arden Shakespeare. ISBN 190343677X.

King Lear edit

Secondary sources edit

Biography edit

Reference edit

On film edit

Miscellaneous edit

Biographers edit

Edmond Malone edit
  • de Grazia, Margreta (1991). Shakespeare Verbatim: The Reproduction of Authenticity and the 1790 Apparatus. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0198117787.
  • Martin, Peter (2005). Edmond Malone, Shakespearean Scholar: A Literary Biography. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521619823.
  • Prior, James (1860). Life of Edmond Malone, Editor of Shakespeare: With Selections from His Manuscript Anecdotes. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 65, Cornhill. ISBN 1144932327.
James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps edit
  • Spevack, Marvin (2001). James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps: The Life and Works of the Shakespearean Scholar and Bookman. Oak Knoll Press. ISBN 1584560517.

Christopher Marlowe edit

Thomas Middleton edit

  • Taylor, Gary; Lavagnino, John, eds. (2010). Thomas Middleton: The Collected Works. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0199580537.

Samuel Johnson edit