Books for Adults
Books for Younger Readers
Play Texts
Book Recommendations
Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong is a science fiction retelling of William Shakespeare's Antony & Cleopatra. This book is not...
Lev and Sasha’s love story, swept up in a magical feud is dynamical and exciting and heart-breaking.
Sycorax is a beautiful story, steeped in sadness, about one of William Shakespeare’s unseen fictional female characters. Sycorax appears as...
This book takes you on a wild ride. Like a fly on the wall, our main character, a foetus who is weeks from birth, becomes the primary witness in the plot to murder his father.
Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong is a science fiction retelling of William Shakespeare's Antony & Cleopatra. This book is not...
Lev and Sasha’s love story, swept up in a magical feud is dynamical and exciting and heart-breaking.
Sycorax is a beautiful story, steeped in sadness, about one of William Shakespeare’s unseen fictional female characters. Sycorax appears as...
This book takes you on a wild ride. Like a fly on the wall, our main character, a foetus who is weeks from birth, becomes the primary witness in the plot to murder his father.
Books, DVDs & Programmes
Books for Adults
From Shakespeare biographies & companions to Shakespeare in theory and new works of fiction and works that reimagine Shakespeare’s Classics. Our selection of books for adults is ever evolving. Everything that you see on our website is available in store too!
Books for Younger Readers
Shakespeare is available for all ages and reading levels with our selection of Shakespeare books for younger readers. Usborne Young Readers series of storybooks are retellings of Shakespeare’s classics in simple language, with engaging illustrations for young readers to enjoy. Classics in Graphics are perfect for reading age 9 and up and feature bold imagery and easy to follow dialogue. Manga Shakespeare features cutting-edge Manga illustrations and abridged text from Shakespeare’s original plays.
Play Scripts
From collector’s editions to academic texts, our selection of play scripts are chosen to appeal to students, actors, and Shakespeare-lovers alike! We keep stock in The Oxford Shakespeare, The Arden Shakespeare, New Cambridge Shakespeare, Chiltern Classics and more, available online and in store.
DVDs
For those who are not able to make it to our productions, or those who want to relive the fun of their last visit, production DVDs are a way for you to take the Globe home with you. Production DVDs are available for a variety of plays and new editions are added as they are made available.
Programmes
Throughout the year we stock programmes for all our current productions, these are available to purchase online and in store for the duration of the plays.
We offer a limited selection of older programmes from past performances at the Globe and the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in our From the Archive collection.
Shakespeare’s Globe Book Box
Our Shakespearean focus book boxes contain a different book and bookmark each month and either a second book or a related goodie from our shop. At the beginning of every month, we package our book boxes and begin sending these out across the globe to all our dedicated readers.
Book boxes are available to be purchased online only and can be bought as a one, three, size of twelve-month subscription.
From the Archive
Programmes, leaflets, original posters and ephemera from our archives that are now available for sale in limited quantities.
