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Magicians & Illusionists

The Portable Shakespeare

Seven Plays / The Songs / The Sonnets / The Selections from Other Plays

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  • 1944 first published
  • 792 pages
  • 11 editions
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The Portable Shakespeare is a 1944 stage-magic fiction play by William Shakespeare. Much of the action takes place in Denmark and Norway. It features Prospero, Miranda and Ariel. It deals with performing arts, english drama, Tragicomedy and Drama.

It has been published in 11 editions.

It runs to roughly 792 pages — 14–15 hours of reading at an average pace.

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

Quick answers

Who wrote The Portable Shakespeare?

The Portable Shakespeare was written by William Shakespeare and first published in 1944.

What genre is The Portable Shakespeare?

It is usually shelved as Magicians & Illusionists.

How long is The Portable Shakespeare?

The median edition has 792 pages, about 14–15 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Portable Shakespeare?

Readers who like it often enjoy World Literature, Faust and The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus.

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