by Isaac Asimov
I came across this book while studying for my M.A. test. Someone in the study group photocopied the revelent sections. This is proably the best guide to the plays, at least in terms of symbolism and allusion. Asimov does a good job of keeping his opinion of the play out of his writing and simply ...
It proves that he couldn't only write good and solid SF, but he was also an astounding expert on Shakespeare. I'm trying to get my hands on the digital version of these books, but to no avail. Still, it's still one of my personal references on Shakespeare on paper (along with "Shakespeare After All"...