John Dover Wilson's New Shakespeare, published between 1921 and 1966, became the classic Cambridge edition of Shakespeare's plays and poems until the 1980s. The series, long since out-of-print, is now reissued. Each work is available both individually and as a set, and each contains a lengthy and lively introduction, main text, and substantial notes and glossary printed at the back. The edition, which began with The Tempest and ended with The Sonnets, put into practice the techniques and theories that had evolved under the 'New Bibliography'. Remarkably by today's standards, although it took the best part of half a century to produce, the New Shakespeare involved only a small band of editors besides Dover Wilson himself. As the volumes took shape, many of Dover Wilson's textual methods acquired general acceptance and became an established part of later editorial practice, for example in the Arden and New Cambridge Shakespeares.
Oh, another one I forgot to review. Once again, I am not really into writing a whole lot about this one, but I liked it more than I expected to. I read it in grade 9 (first Shakespeare play, holla) and wasn't all that impressed, and generally I like the tragedies a lot better than the comedies. But the second time around, I did really enjoy it. There's a lot going on, and it's much darker than it seems on the surface. And when you have the Shakespearean context it's that much more enjoyable. I also really enjoyed the fantastical world, because, come on, fairies. Why not?
