Complete Works of Shakespeare: Encyclopedia - Complete Works of Shakespeare

The Complete Works of Shakespeare is the standard name given to any volume containing all the plays and poems of William Shakespeare. The 1914 Oxford edition of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare ranks among the most authoritative published this century. The 37 plays, 154 sonnets and miscellaneous verse constitute the literary cornerstone of Western civilization. It is one of the two books "given" to guests on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, the other being the Bible. In their 2006/7 season the Royal Shakespeare Company comm

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