The Tempest - Student Edition

Exam board: AQA, Edexcel; CXC
Level & Subject: GCSE 9-1 English Literature; CSEC® English B
Next exams: 2026
This edition of The Tempest is perfect for GCSE-level students, with the complete play in an accessible format, on-page notes, introduction setting the context, timeline, character and theme indexes.

• Affordable high quality complete play for The Tempest, ideal for GCSE 9-1 and CSEC
• Demystify vocabulary with notes on the page and concise commentary
• Set the scene with perfectly pitched introductions that introduce key contexts, concerns and stylistic features, and examine different performances and interpretations
• Recall plot summaries at the beginning of each scene
• Support GCSE and CSEC revision and essay writing with theme and character indexes
• Help students with social, historical and literary context with the bespoke timeline of Shakespeare's life and times

About the author

William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest playwright the world has seen. He produced an astonishing amount of work; 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and 5 poems. He died on 23rd April 1616, aged 52, and was buried in the Holy Trinity Church, Stratford.

Summary

Exam board: AQA, Edexcel; CXC Level & Subject: GCSE 9-1 English Literature; CSEC® English B Next exams: 2026

Product details

• Authors: William Shakespeare
• Assisted by: Peter Alexander (Editor), Alexander Peter (Editor), Lucy Toop (Introduction)
• Publisher: Collins Reference
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 13
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9780008363659
• ISBN: 978-0-00-836365-9
• No. of pages: 191
• Dimensions: 111 mm x 178 mm x 14 mm
• Series: Collins Classroom Classics
• Subjects: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Fiction > Poetry, drama; JUVENILE FICTION / Classics, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare, DRAMA / Shakespeare, STUDY AIDS / Book Notes, Educational: English language: readers & reading schemes, Interest age: from c 13 years, For National Curriculum Key Stage 4 & GCSE (England & Wales), For National Curriculum Key Stage 4 & Gcse, International curricula & examinations, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary, Educational: literature in languages other than English, For international curricula & examinations, For mandatory secondary education