Temple School Shakespeare This series, published by arrangement with Edited by F. ARMYTAGE-MORLEY, M.A. As You Like It. Hamlet. Edited by FLORA MASSON Edited by OLIPHANT SMEATON, M.A. Richard II. Edited by W. Keith Leask, M.A. ~ The Merchant of Venice. Edited by R. M'WILLIAM, M.A. A Midsummer Night's Dream. Henry V. Edited by R. H. Case, M.A. THE MERCHANT OF VENICE WITH NOTES, INTRODUCTION AND GLOSSARY EDITED BY R. M WILLIAM, B.A. WITH SIX ILLUSTRATIONS BY DORA CURTIS Also Many Illustrations in the Introduction and Glcssary from Contemporary Prints HENRY HOLT Οὐ πολλὰ NEW YORK AND COMPANY J 4-15 THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Introduction. Life of Shakespeare-Birth and Parentage.-The play of The Merchant of Venice was written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, who was born at Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, on the 22nd or 23rd April 1564. The latter date has been accepted as the more likely, an old tradition stating that he died on the anniversary The Village of Wilmecote or Wincot in 1852. of his birth, and we know beyond question his death occurred on. |