Julius Caesar: The Pelican Shakespeare

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This legendary Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Updated for the 21st century by editors Stephen Orgel of Stanford University and A. R. Braunmuller of UCLA, each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare's time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used. With all new cover designs, these affordable Shakespeares are perfect for students, teachers, scholars and theatre professionals alike.

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in April 1564, and his birth is traditionally celebrated on April 23. The facts of his life, known from surviving documents, are sparse. He died on April 23, 1616, and was buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford. William Montgomery(editor) is the coeditor of The Complete Oxford Shakespeare, joint textual editor of The Norton Shakespeare, and coauthor of William Shakespeare- A Textual Companion. Douglas Trevor(Introduction) is a professor of English at the University of Michigan.

"Gorgeous new Shakespeare paperbacks." -Marlon James, author of A Brief History of Seven Killings "I have been using the Pelican Shakespeare for years in my lecture course--it's invaluable, the best individual-volume series available for students." -Marjorie Garber, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English and Visual and Environmental Studies, Harvard University