The Shakespeare-Expositor: An Aid to the Perfect Understanding of Shakespeare's Plays

"The Shakespeare-Expositor: An Aid to the Perfect Understanding of Shakespeare's Plays" by Thomas Keightley is a guidebook written in the late 1800's to help readers understand Shakespeare's plays better. It is supposed to give helpful information and fix things in the texts so people can understand the plays more completely. The book is made for people who want to study Shakespeare more closely without needing to read very long versions with lots of notes. Keightley introduces the book by explaining why he wrote it, noting that some readers do not spend enough time trying to truly understand Shakespeare's important plays. He thinks the changes and explanations in the book are very important for understanding all the small details of the original plays. The book is meant to be a helper for studying Shakespeare and shows that Keightley really wants people to enjoy literature more.