Talk:Shakespeare bibliography

synopses, etc.

Hello, with the current format, do you feel that brief plot synopses would still be appropriate? Another question: do you think that each play could have an indication whether it is considered a comedy, tragedy, or history? Thanks, Kyoko 07:13, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure if plot summaries are necessary considering the articles provide that - however they could be added , by adding a second row to each title and having it span several rows above (see below). I'm also planning on adding tragedy/comedy/history below the titles of the works in the next big edit. -- Editor at Large • talk 08:52, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Example format:

Shakespeare's plays
Title	Year written	First publications	Performances	Authorship notes
The Comedy of Errors Comedy	1592 - 1594	First published in the First Folio	The first recorded performance was by "a company of base and common fellows," mentioned in the Gesta Grayorum ("The Deeds of Gray") as having occurred in Gray's Inn Hall on Dec. 28, 1594. The second also took place on "Innocents' Day" but ten years later - in 1604, at Court.[II]	sole authorship
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Oh, so that‘s what the play is about! I've never read it, nor seen it! Seriously, I was only thinking of a brief description, perhaps only one or two lines, such as "King Lear: an aged king faces troubles when he tries to divide his inheritance between his daughters." I don't know if having such descriptions is absolutely necessary, but they would help fill out the list, and perhaps further distinguish this list from the main articles. --Kyoko 21:00, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Haha. I like the layout idea shown above, as well. I think synopses would be excellent in the format you have proposed (except maybe in English) :) Wrad 21:25, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Well yes, lorem ipsum can't be used for every synopsis. Someone would be bound to notice, eventually. --Kyoko 21:47, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm actually partial to Cicero's first Catiline Oration as placeholder text :) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 02:07, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Original title

Could room be made for the titles under which the plays were originally published? Very few match the modern ones exactly, eg.

Shakespeare's plays

Title	Year written	First publications	Performances	Authorship notes
Antony and Cleopatra (The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra)	1601 - 1608	First published in the First Folio	Believed to have been between 1606 and 1608.
	Summary	In a setting soon after Julius Caesar, Marc Antony is in love with Cleopatra, an Egyptian queen. What used to be a friendship between Emperor Octavius and Antony develops into a hatred as Antony rejects the Emperor's sister, his wife, in favor of Cleopatra. Antony attempts to take the throne from Octavius and fails, while Cleopatra commits suicide.

move categories (and pages) within Category:William Shakespeare plays to Category:Works by William Shakespeare

Could the categories within Category:William Shakespeare plays be moved to its parent, Category:Works by William Shakespeare? Which otherwise contains only one category, Category:Poetry by William Shakespeare. This would flatten the taxonomy without creating confusion or lose significant information. — Robert Greer (talk) 15:00, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Sourcing early performances of Titus Andronicus

I have a good paragraph of information from one of my sources. I've paraphrased and cited the text, but seeing as the wording is pretty similar due to the fact that this is factual information, I'm not sure whether or not it would be better off in a block quotation. Any thoughts? Thanks, Iamthecheese44 (talk) 21:56, 25 November 2012 (UTC)