The Preface to Shakespeare

'The preface to Shakespeare' by Samuel Johnson. Together with selected notes on some of the plays[From his annotated edition of Shakespeare's Plays, published in 1765.]
Date Published: 16 July 2012
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In Collection(s): William Shakespeare, Early Modern Drama on the Page and Stage
Keywords: Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600, johnson, shakespeare
Cite: The Preface to Shakespeare by William Shakespeare at https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/j/johnson/samuel/preface/ via https://dev.writersinspire.it.ox.ac.uk/content/preface-shakespeare-0. Published on 16 July 2012. Accessed on 15 May 2026.
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