Possible Clues:

• Moor boat finally in ring? That's a surprise
• Shakespearean greeting following ancient books
• The litres consumed in rounds in the Old Black Ram!
• Dramatic work books and magazine
• Play that's ending misery in no-score draw
• Tragic hero's greeting in Holy Writ
• Work set mostly in Cyprus
• Look after new hotel for a dramatic character
• *Shakespeare play that inspired a Verdi opera
• Article linked to lines in middle of book -- it's a tragedy