Shakespeare and His Sources Author:Joseph Satin Comparison of Shakespeare's sources with his finished plays reveals how the playwright borrowed and molded his material. The principal sources--modernized and newly translated--are provided for these plays: — Richard III, Richard II, The Merchant of Venice, Henry IV Part One and Part Two, Henry V, Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, Othello, K... more »ing Lear, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra.« less