Wordsworth Classics' new 'Best of' series enables you to buy a collection of the key works of the finest authors at an unbeatable price. William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer to ever exist, in the English language. His entire lifework consist of approximately 38 plays, 154 sonnets, 2 longer narrative poems, and a handful of additional verses, some of indeterminate authorship. His plays have been translated into every major current language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright, past or present. This collection contains: - Anthony and Cleopatra; As You Like It; Hamlet, Henry IV Parts 1 & 2; Henry V; Julius Caesar; King Lear; Macbeth; Measure for Measure; Merchant of Venice; Midsummer Nights Dream; Much Ado about Nothing; Othello; Richard II; Richard III; Romeo and Juliet; Taming of the Shrew; Tempest; Twelfth Night; Winter's Tale