This richly illustrated edition of Shakespeare's classic comedy in the New Folger Library features an accurate text in modern spelling and punctuation, scene-by-scene plot summaries and full explanatory notes, in-depth guides with tips on reading Shakespeare's language, and much more.

It's a steamy summer in New York City, and things are about to heat up even more. A married man, whose wife and son are away for the summer, has his fidelity put to the test when a seductive starlet moves in upstairs. Keeping his marriage vows in the face of her flirtations proves tough when challenged by the notorious 'seven year itch'. Faced with a provocative problem, he's victim to an outrageous mating dance filled with hilarious comedy.

This program follows the lives of three friends and co-workers who are bonded together in the institution of long-term marriage, but who each have very different philosophies on how to make a marriage work.

Alfred Hitchcock weaves a terrifying web of suspicion around a fragile young English bride and captures a classic suspense thriller. Joan Fontaine is the bride, a gently-reared heiress who fears she has married a murderer. Cary Grant is the husband, a dashing ne'er-do-well with a penchant for the high life--and a bank account that's strictly low-life.