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BOOK LIST:

William Shakespeare: Folger Shakespeare Library

Updated: December 10, 2020

This is a list of LAPL's Folger Shakespeare Library Editions, which include,  "Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play. Scene-by-scene plot summaries.  A key to famous lines and phrases.  An introduction to reading Shakespeare’s language.  An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play. Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s extensive holdings of rare books."

Selected titles from LAPL's collection by William Shakespeare, in connection with an exhibit that was at the Central Library, Getty Gallery, November 2016 to February 2017, from the Folger Library:  America's Shakespeare - The Bard Goes West.

Book cover for All's well that ends well
All's well that ends well
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 A4Mo
Book cover for Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 A6Mo
Book cover for As you like it
As you like it
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 A8Mow
Book cover for The comedy of errors
The comedy of errors
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 C4Mo 2005
Book cover for Coriolanus
Coriolanus
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 C7Mo 2009
Book cover for Cymbeline
Cymbeline
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 C9Mo
Book cover for Henry IV. by William Shakespeare ; edited by Barbara A Mowat and Paul Werstine. Part 1
Henry IV. by William Shakespeare ; edited by Barbara A Mowat and Paul Werstine. Part 1
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 H4Mow pt.1
Book cover for Henry IV. by William Shakespeare ; edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine Part 2
Henry IV. by William Shakespeare ; edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine Part 2
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 H4Mow pt. 2
Book cover for Henry VI. by William Shakespeare ; edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. Part 1
Henry VI. by William Shakespeare ; edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. Part 1
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 H6Mo Pt.1 2008
Book cover for Henry VI. by William Shakespeare ; edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. Part 2
Henry VI. by William Shakespeare ; edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. Part 2
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 H6Mo Pt.2 2008
Book cover for Henry VI. by William Shakespeare ; edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. Part 3
Henry VI. by William Shakespeare ; edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine. Part 3
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 H6Mo Pt.3 2009
Book cover for Henry VIII
Henry VIII
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 H8Mo 2011
Book cover for Henry VIII
Henry VIII
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 H8Mo
Book cover for The life and death of King John
The life and death of King John
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 J6Mo
Book cover for The life of Henry V
The life of Henry V
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 H5Mo
Book cover for Love's labour's lost
Love's labour's lost
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 L7Mo
Book cover for Measure for measure
Measure for measure
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 M4Mo
Book cover for The merchant of Venice
The merchant of Venice
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 M5Mow 2002
Book cover for The merry wives of Windsor
The merry wives of Windsor
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 M6Mo
Book cover for A midsummer night's dream
A midsummer night's dream
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 M7Wr 1999
Book cover for Much ado about nothing
Much ado about nothing
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 M8Mow
Book cover for Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 P4Mo
Book cover for Shakespeare's sonnets and poems
Shakespeare's sonnets and poems
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 S6Mo
Book cover for The taming of the shrew
The taming of the shrew
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 T2Mow 1992
Book cover for The tempest
The tempest
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 T3Mo 2004
Book cover for Timon of Athens
Timon of Athens
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 T4Mo
Book cover for Titus Andronicus
Titus Andronicus
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 T5Mo
Book cover for The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Shakespeare, William
Call Number: 822.33 H2Mow
Book cover for The tragedy of Julius Caesar
The tragedy of Julius Caesar
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 J9Mow
Book cover for The tragedy of King Lear
The tragedy of King Lear
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 L4Mo 2005
Book cover for The tragedy of Macbeth
The tragedy of Macbeth
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 M2Mo 2004
Book cover for The tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice
The tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 O8Mo 2004
Book cover for The tragedy of Richard II
The tragedy of Richard II
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 R2Mo
Book cover for The tragedy of Richard III
The tragedy of Richard III
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 R3Mo
Book cover for The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 R7Mo 2011

William Shakespeare's play about two young lovers caught in the web of their respective family feuds.

Book cover for Troilus and Cressida
Troilus and Cressida
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 T6Mo 2007
Book cover for Twelfth night, or, What you will
Twelfth night, or, What you will
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 T7Mo 2004
The two gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare ; a BBC Television production in association with Time-Life Television ; produced by Shaun Sutton ; directed by Don Taylor.
Call Number: DVD 822.33 T8Am 2000
Book cover for The winter's tale
The winter's tale
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Call Number: 822.33 W7Mo

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