The Shakespeare Universe

Shakespeare's Plays

The Plays

No Fear Shakespeare: No Fear Shakespeare puts Shakespeare's language side-by-side with a facing-page translation into modern English—the kind of English people actually speak today. Series contains many of the most popular and studied plays. Click the link to see the library's holdings of the series.

Simply Shakespeare: Another series of original Shakespearean texts with line-by-line modern translations. Click the link to see the library's holdings of the series. 

For additional editions and collections of plays and poetry by Shakespeare:

  • Go to "Advanced Search" in the catalog and search by author. This will reduce the number of books about Shakespeare, versus by Shakespeare, in your results.
  • Search by play title or search for "Complete works of William Shakespeare"
  • See more tips and tricks here.

Shakespeare's Poetry

Shakespeare's Poetry

eAudio: The Sonnets

eAudio: The Sonnets