RSC Shakespeare Complete Works Collector's Edition (Collector's ed.)

This handsome "Collector's" edition of the "Complete Works of Shakespeare" was developed in partnership with The Royal Shakespeare Company and is edited by two of the world's leading Shakespeare scholars.

This limited printing is published to mark the launch of what we hope will become the classic 21st-century edition of Shakespeare.

This is a unique opportunity to purchase a timeless gift which will enrich the bookshelf of anyone who appreciates English Literature and Drama.

This single volume is bound in soft brown goatskin, with two gold ribbon markers, matching head and tail-bands and gold lettering on the spine and front cover.

Fastened with a decorative clasp, it is delivered tissue wrapped in a bespoke gift box.

Inside, the text is clearly presented using a spacious single-column page design on high-quality white paper and is illustrated with photographs of performances chosen by RSC directors. Included are all 38 of Shakespeare's plays, Shakespeare's scene from Sir Thomas More, Shakespeare's Sonnets and Poems, including, "To the Queen", a poem not edited alongside Shakespeare's poems in the other leading "Complete Works" on the market but now widely agreed to be authored by Shakespeare.

Leading the editorial team is Professor Jonathan Bate, who has worked in close collaboration over many years with the RSC.

His essays to introduce each play and superb on-page notes explore Shakespeare's plays as they were originally intended - as living theatre to be enjoyed and performed.