The late Paul Barry spent 60 years as a professional actor and musician on stage and in films, and directed more than 300 plays and musicals. He lived in Morristown, New Jersey.

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• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Foreword by Harry Keyishian      Introduction      1. Actors, Plays, and Playhouses      2. The Taming of the Shrew      3. A Midsummer Night’s Dream      4. Hamlet      5. Macbeth      6. The Comedy of Errors      7. The Two Gentlemen of Verona      8. Twelfth Night      9. Romeo and Juliet      10. Shakespeare’s Warrior Plays      11. Troilus and Cressida      12. Julius Caesar      13. Antony and Cleopatra      14. Much Ado About Nothing      15. Othello      16. The Merchant of Venice      17. The Tempest      18. As You Like It      19. Coriolanus      20. Measure for Measure      21. The Chronicle Plays      22. Richard II      23. Henry IV, Part 1      24. Henry IV, Part 2      25. The Merry Wives of Windsor      26. Henry V      27. Henry VI, Part 1      28. Henry VI, Part 2      29. Henry VI, Part 3      30. Richard III      31. Titus Andronicus      32. Love’s Labour’s Lost      33. King Lear      34. Timon of Athens      35. Cymbeline      36. Henry VIII      37. The Two Noble Kinsmen      38. The Winter’s Tale      39. All’s Well That Ends Well      40. Pericles, Prince of Tyre      41. King John      Bibliography      Index