Endnotes

¹ Graves, Robert. “Sayings of the Week”. The Observer. 6 Dec. 1964

² For further reading about Shakespeare’s life see Wells, Stanley & Gary Taylor. The Oxford Shakespeare. The Complete Works (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), page xv-xx

³ Wells, Stanley & Lena Cowen Orlin. Shakespeare. An Oxford Guide (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003), page 167

⁴“Comedy”. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. 27 Oct. 2006. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy>

⁵ Carroll, William. “Romantic Comedies” in Shakespeare. An Oxford Guide ed Stanley Wells & Lena Cowen Orlin (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003), page 176

⁶ McDonald, Russ. The Bedford Companion to Shakespeare (Boston & New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2001), page 81

⁷ McDonald, Russ. The Bedford Companion to Shakespeare (Boston & New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2001), page 83

⁸ Shakespeare, William. The comedy of Errors in The Oxford Shakespeare. The Complete Works. ed Stanley Wells & Gary Taylor (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), page 289

⁹ Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night’s Dream (V, ii, 67-68) in The Oxford Shakespeare. The Complete Works. ed Stanley Wells & Gary Taylor (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), page 422

¹⁰ Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night’s Dream (V, ii, 53-57) in The Oxford Shakespeare. The Complete Works. ed Stanley Wells & Gary Taylor (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), page 422

¹¹ Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night’s Dream (IV, i, 74-75) in The Oxford Shakespeare. The Complete Works. ed Stanley Wells & Gary Taylor (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), page 422

¹² Shakespeare, William. The comedy of Errors (V, i, 404-407) in The Oxford Shakespeare. The Complete Works. ed Stanley Wells & Gary Taylor (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), page 305

¹³ Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night’s Dream (I, i, 163-168) in The Oxford Shakespeare. The Complete Works. ed Stanley Wells & Gary Taylor (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), page 404

¹⁴ Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night’s Dream (IV, i, 179-180) in The Oxford Shakespeare. The Complete Works. ed Stanley Wells & Gary Taylor (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), page 418

¹⁵ Shakespeare, William. The comedy of Errors (V, i, 375-379) in The Oxford Shakespeare. The Complete Works. ed Stanley Wells & Gary Taylor (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), page 304

¹⁶ Shakespeare, William. The comedy of Errors (IV, iv, 71, 73, 75) in The Oxford Shakespeare. The Complete Works. ed Stanley Wells & Gary Taylor (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), page 299

¹⁷ Shakespeare, William. The Taming of the Shrew (II, i, 292-293) in The Oxford Shakespeare. The Complete Works. ed Stanley Wells & Gary Taylor (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), page 37

¹⁸ “Woo” Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 27 Oct. 2006. http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=woo

¹⁹ Draper, R.P. Shakespeare. The Comedies (London: Macmillan, 2000), page 71

²⁰ Draper, R.P. Shakespeare. The Comedies (London: Macmillan, 2000), page 56

²¹ Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night’s Dream (II, ii, 47-48) in The Oxford Shakespeare. The Complete Works. ed Stanley Wells & Gary Taylor (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), page 409

²² Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night’s Dream (II, ii, 51-58) in The Oxford Shakespeare. The Complete Works. ed Stanley Wells & Gary Taylor (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), page 409

²³ Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night’s Dream (II, ii, 68-70) in The Oxford Shakespeare. The Complete Works. ed Stanley Wells & Gary Taylor (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), page 409

²⁴ Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night’s Dream (II, ii, 119-122) in The Oxford Shakespeare. The Complete Works. ed Stanley Wells & Gary Taylor (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), page 409

²⁵ Shakespeare, William. The Taming of the Shrew (IV, ii, 6) in The Oxford Shakespeare. The Complete Works. ed Stanley Wells & Gary Taylor (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), page 44

²⁶ Shakespeare, William. The comedy of Errors (III, ii, 57-61) in The Oxford Shakespeare. The Complete Works. ed Stanley Wells & Gary Taylor (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), page 294

²⁷ McDonald, Russ. The Bedford Companion to Shakespeare (Boston & New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2001), page 84

²⁸ Danson, Lawrence. Shakespeare’s Dramatic Genres (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000), page 77

²⁹ Shakespeare, William. The Taming of the Shrew (V, ii, 141-159) in The Oxford Shakespeare. The Complete Works. ed Stanley Wells & Gary Taylor (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), page 52

³⁰ Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night’s Dream (II, ii, 68-70) in The Oxford Shakespeare. The Complete Works. ed Stanley Wells & Gary Taylor (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), page 409

³¹ Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night’s Dream (III, ii, 261-262) in The Oxford Shakespeare. The Complete Works. ed Stanley Wells & Gary Taylor (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), page 414

³² Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night’s Dream (III, ii, 264-265) in The Oxford Shakespeare. The Complete Works. ed Stanley Wells & Gary Taylor (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), page 414

³³ Shakespeare, William. The comedy of Errors (I, ii, 41-43) in The Oxford Shakespeare. The Complete Works. ed Stanley Wells & Gary Taylor (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), page 288

³⁴ Shakespeare, William. The comedy of Errors (I, ii, 81-86) in The Oxford Shakespeare. The Complete Works. ed Stanley Wells & Gary Taylor (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), pages 289

³⁵ Shakespeare, William. The comedy of Errors (III, ii, 53-59) in The Oxford Shakespeare. The Complete Works. ed Stanley Wells & Gary Taylor (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), pages 289

³⁶ Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night’s Dream (II, i, 263-264) in The Oxford Shakespeare. The Complete Works. ed Stanley Wells & Gary Taylor (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), pages 408