The Illustrated Shakespeare

Edited by G. C. Verplanck

New York: Harper & Brothers. 1847.

Shakespeare Histories

Introductory Materials

Preface

Order of the Plays

Life of Shakespeare

Shakespeare's Will

Folio Editions

Commendatory Verses

Name and Autographs

King John

Introduction

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

Notes

Richard the Second

Introduction

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

Notes

Henry the Fourth I

Introduction

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

Notes

Henry the Fourth II

Introduction

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

Epilogue

Notes

Henry the Fifth

Introduction

Chorus

Act I.

Chorus

Act II.

Chorus

Act III.

Chorus

Act IV.

Chorus

Act V.

Chorus

Notes

Henry the Sixth I

Introduction

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

Notes

Henry the Sixth II

Introduction

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

Notes

Henry the Sixth III

Introduction

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

Notes

Richard the Third

Introduction

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

Notes

Henry the Eighth

Introduction

Prologue

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

Epilogue

Notes

Shakespeare Comedies

Comedy of Errors

Introduction

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

Notes

Two Gentlemen of Verona

Introduction

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

Notes

Taming of the Shrew

Introduction

Induction

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

Notes

Much Ado About Nothing

Introduction

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

Notes

Love's Labour's Lost

Introduction

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

Notes

Merchant of Venice

Introduction

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

Notes

Merry Wives of Windsor

Introduction

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

Origin and History

Notes

Twelfth Night

Introduction

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

Notes

As You Like It

Introduction

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

Epilogue

Notes

Midsummer Night's Dream

Introduction

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

Notes

Measure for Measure

Introduction

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

Notes

Tempest

Introduction

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

Notes

All's Well That Ends Well

Introduction

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

Notes

Winter's Tale

Introduction

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

Notes

Shakespeare Tragedies

Romeo and Juliet

Introduction

Prologue

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

Notes

Othello

Introduction

Act I.

Scene i.

Scene ii.

Scene iii.

Act II.

Scene i.

Scene ii.

Scene iii.

Act III.

Scene i.

Scene ii.

Scene iii.

Scene iv.

Act IV.

Scene i.

Scene ii.

Scene iii.

Act V.

Scene i.

Scene ii.

Notes

Hamlet

Introduction

Act I.

Scene i.

Scene ii.

Scene iii.

Scene iv.

Scene v.

Act II.

Scene i.

Scene ii.

Act III.

Scene i.

Scene ii.

Scene iii.

Scene iv.

Act IV.

Scene i.

Scene ii.

Scene iii.

Scene iv.

Scene v.

Scene vi.

Scene vii.

Act V.

Scene i.

Scene ii.

Musical Scores

Notes

Macbeth

Introduction

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

Notes

King Lear

Introduction

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

Notes

Cymbeline

Introduction

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

Notes

Timon of Athens

Introduction

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

Notes

Coriolanus

Introduction

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

Notes

Julius Caesar

Introduction

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

Notes

Antony and Cleopatra

Introduction

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

Notes

Troilus and Cressida

Introduction

Prologue

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

Notes

Titus Andronicus

Introduction

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

Notes

Pericles

Introduction

Act I.

Act II.

Act III.

Act IV.

Act V.

Notes

Other Elizabethan Dramas

John Lyly

Endymion, the Man in the Moon

George Peele

The Old Wives Tale

Robert Greene

Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay

Christopher Marlowe

Tamburlaine, Part I

Doctor Faustus

The Jew of Malta

Edward the Second

Thomas Kyd

The Spanish Tragedy

George Chapman

Bussy D'Ambois

Ben Jonson

Every Man in his Humour

Sejanus, His Fall

Volpone; or, The Fox

The Alchemist

Thomas Dekker

The Shoemakers' Holiday

The Honest Whore, Part I

The Honest Whore, Part II

Marston and Webster

The Malcontent

Thomas Heywood

A Woman Killed with Kindness

Beaumont and Fletcher

The Knight of the Burning Pestle

Philaster; or, Love Lies a-Bleeding

The Maid's Tragedy

John Fletcher

The Faithful Shepherdess

The Wild-Goose Chase

John Webster

The Duchess of Malfi

Thomas Middleton

A Trick to Catch the Old One

Middleton and Rowley

The Changeling

Philip Massinger

A New Way to Pay Old Debts

John Ford

The Broken Heart

James Shirley

The Lady of Pleasure

The Cardinal

Spenser Poetical Works

Preface

Table of Contents

Biographical Sketch

The Shepheardes Calendar

Preface

Epistle

Generall Argument

Januarye

Februarie

March

Aprill

Maye

June

Julye

August

September

October

November

December

Complaints

The Printer to the Gentle Reader

The Ruines of Time

The Teares of the Muses

Virgils Gnat

Prosopopoia or Mother Hubberds Tale

Ruines of Rome

Muiopotmos or The Fate of the Butterflie

Visions of the Worlds Vanitie

The Visions of Bellay

The Visions of Petrarch

The Faerie Queene

Dedication and Preface

Letter of the Authors

Commendatory Verses, etc.

The First Booke

Canto I

Canto II

Canto III

Canto IV

Canto V

Canto VI

Canto VII

Canto VIII

Canto IX

Canto X

Canto XI

Canto XII

The Second Booke

Canto I

Canto II

Canto III

Canto IV

Canto V

Canto VI

Canto VII

Canto VIII

Canto IX

Canto X

Canto XI

Canto XII

The Thirde Booke

Canto I

Canto II

Canto III

Canto IV

Canto V

Canto VI

Canto VII

Canto VIII

Canto IX

Canto X

Canto XI

Canto XII

The Fourth Booke

Canto I

Canto II

Canto III

Canto IV

Canto V

Canto VI

Canto VII

Canto VIII

Canto IX

Canto X

Canto XI

Canto XII

The Fifth Booke

Canto I

Canto II

Canto III

Canto IV

Canto V

Canto VI

Canto VII

Canto VIII

Canto IX

Canto X

Canto XI

Canto XII

The Sixte Booke

Canto I

Canto II

Canto III

Canto IV

Canto V

Canto VI

Canto VII

Canto VIII

Canto IX

Canto X

Canto XI

Canto XII

Two Cantos of Mutabilitie

Canto VI

Canto VII

The VIII. Canto, unperfite

Daphnaida

Colin Clouts Come Home Again

Astrophel

The Mourning Muse of Thestylis

A Pastorall Aeglogue

An Elegie

An Epitaph

Another of the Same

Amoretti and Epithalamion

Dedication and Preface

Amoretti

Epithalamion

Fowre Hymnes

Dedication and Preface

An Hymne in Honour of Love

An Hymne in Honour of Beautie

An Hymne of Heavenly Love

An Hymne of Heavenly Beautie

Prothalamion

Commendatory Sonnets

Appendix

List of Rejected Readings

Notes

Catalogue of Persons, etc.

Glossary

Index of First Lines

Index of Titles

Shakespeare Rare Print Collection

Part I

Part II

Part III

Part IV

Part V

Part VI

Part VII

Part VIII

Part IX

Part X

Part XI

Part XII

Other Texts of Interest

William Shakespeare - 1911 Britannica

William Shakespeare - Century Cyclopedia

Gulian Verplanck - Century Cyclopedia