Cover of The Play's the Thing (Antony and Cleopatra / As You Like It / Coriolanus / Hamlet / Julius Caesar / King Henry IV. Part 1 / King Henry V / King Lear / King Richard III / Love's Labour's Lost / Macbeth / Merchant of Venice / Midsummer Night's Dream / Othello / Romeo and Juliet / Tempest / Twelfth Night)
Magicians & Illusionists

The Play's the Thing (Antony and Cleopatra / As You Like It / Coriolanus / Hamlet / Julius Caesar / King Henry IV. Part 1 / King Henry V / King Lear / King Richard III / Love's Labour's Lost / Macbeth / Merchant of Venice / Midsummer Night's Dream / Othello / Romeo and Juliet / Tempest / Twelfth Night)

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  • 1963 first published
  • 781 pages
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Published in 1963, The Play's the Thing (Antony and Cleopatra / As You Like It / Coriolanus / Hamlet / Julius Caesar / King Henry IV. Part 1 / King Henry V / King Lear / King Richard III / Love's Labour's Lost / Macbeth / Merchant of Venice / Midsummer Night's Dream / Othello / Romeo and Juliet / Tempest / Twelfth Night) is a stage-magic fiction play by William Shakespeare. The story is set in Denmark and Norway. It features Claudius, Hamlet and Polonius. Key subjects include performing arts, english drama, Tragicomedy and Drama.

At about 781 pages, most readers finish it in 14–15 hours.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Characters

Subjects

  • Classics
  • Performing arts
  • English drama
  • Tragicomedy
  • Drama
  • Survival after airplane accidents
  • Shipwrecks
  • Magicians
  • Fathers and daughters
  • Castaways
  • Plays
  • Spirits
  • Shipwreck victims
  • Political refugees
  • English Young adult drama
  • Islands

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Who wrote The Play's the Thing (Antony and Cleopatra / As You Like It / Coriolanus / Hamlet / Julius Caesar / King Henry IV. Part 1 / King Henry V / King Lear / King Richard III / Love's Labour's Lost / Macbeth / Merchant of Venice / Midsummer Night's Dream / Othello / Romeo and Juliet / Tempest / Twelfth Night)?

The Play's the Thing (Antony and Cleopatra / As You Like It / Coriolanus / Hamlet / Julius Caesar / King Henry IV. Part 1 / King Henry V / King Lear / King Richard III / Love's Labour's Lost / Macbeth / Merchant of Venice / Midsummer Night's Dream / Othello / Romeo and Juliet / Tempest / Twelfth Night) was written by William Shakespeare and first published in 1963.

What genre is The Play's the Thing (Antony and Cleopatra / As You Like It / Coriolanus / Hamlet / Julius Caesar / King Henry IV. Part 1 / King Henry V / King Lear / King Richard III / Love's Labour's Lost / Macbeth / Merchant of Venice / Midsummer Night's Dream / Othello / Romeo and Juliet / Tempest / Twelfth Night)?

It is usually shelved as Magicians & Illusionists.

How long is The Play's the Thing (Antony and Cleopatra / As You Like It / Coriolanus / Hamlet / Julius Caesar / King Henry IV. Part 1 / King Henry V / King Lear / King Richard III / Love's Labour's Lost / Macbeth / Merchant of Venice / Midsummer Night's Dream / Othello / Romeo and Juliet / Tempest / Twelfth Night)?

The median edition has 781 pages, about 14–15 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Play's the Thing (Antony and Cleopatra / As You Like It / Coriolanus / Hamlet / Julius Caesar / King Henry IV. Part 1 / King Henry V / King Lear / King Richard III / Love's Labour's Lost / Macbeth / Merchant of Venice / Midsummer Night's Dream / Othello / Romeo and Juliet / Tempest / Twelfth Night)?

Readers who like it often enjoy Faust, The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus and The House with a Clock in Its Walls.

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