Shakespeare is held up as a poet who belongs to the whole world, and his work is endlessly translated, plagiarised and recycled (it must be maddening to miss out on all those royalties through being dead for nearly 400 years). Who could be more deserving of a Crash Course to hold the critical mirror up to the popular myth? Read this little book and brush up on your Bard.

- a concise guide to the works of a literary giant
- gives a picture of the man behind the words
- seasoned with snippets of theatrical gossip and superstition
- includes a glossary of Shakespearean terminology