Which Shakespearean critic collaborated with his sister to write abstracts of Shakespeare's plays?
The Shakespearean critic who collaborated with his sister to write a book of synopses on Shakespeare's plays was Charles Lamb. Charles and his sister wrote the book "Tales from Shakespeare". It is an English children's book written in 1807.
"Tales from Shakespeare" is designed to make the stories of Shakespeare's plays familiar to young people. Mary Lamb was responsible for the comedies, while Charles wrote the tragedies. They wrote the preface between them. Marina Warner, in her introduction to the "Penguin" 2007 edition, says that Mary did not get her name on the title page till the seventh edition in 1838.
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