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Two Gentlemen of Verona is commonly agreed to be Shakespeare's first comedy, and probably his first play. A comedy built around the confusions of doubling, cross - dressing and identity, it is also a play about the ideal of male friendship and what happens to those friendships when men fall in love.... More

"No edition of these difficult and controversial poems will command agreement at all points, but this must now be the edition of first resort," says Paul Hammond, "Review of English Studies." This new edition, edited by Katherine Duncan-Jones, is the clearest, most complete and up-to-date there is.'... More

Along with "Macbeth" and "Othello, Hamlet" falls into the category Shakespeare's mature tragedies. Focusing on the play's vital characters and complex storyline, Harold Jenkins discusses the work's major themes as well as many nuances that may escape the reader's study.The Arden Shakespeare is the e... More

'By far the best edition of King Lear - in respect of both textual and other matters - that we now have.' John Lyon, English Language Notes 'This volume is a treasure-trove of precise information and stimulating comments on practically every aspect of the Lear-universe. I know of no other edition wh... More

John Wilders - literary advisor to the BBC TV Shakespeare series - brings thorough scholarship and a practical understanding of performance needs to this new edition. Clarity, accessibility and rigour are the hallmarks of an edition which will provide invaluable guidance for all its readers. "This e... More

The New Cambridge Shakespeare presents critical edictions in modern-spelling of Shakespeare's individual plays, of his Sonnets, and of his narrative poems.The series has won a high reputation for its lively new emphases, which are constantly supported by the state-of-the art scholarship and judiciou... More

Modern editions of a popular and trusted series. This new edition of King Richard III is part of the established Cambridge School Shakespeare series and has been substantially updated with new and revised activities throughout. Remaining faithful to the series' active approach it treats the play as ... More

This edition of Shakespeare's most celebrated war play points to the many inconsistencies in the presentation of Henry V. Andrew Gurr's introduction explains the play as a reaction to the decade of war that preceded its writing, and analyzes the play's double vision of Henry as both military hero an... More

Distinguished editor T.W. Craik makes an independent and balanced examination of the many textual problems of Henry V, providing many new emendations. "Craikas commentary is particularly ample and detailed, with careful attention to the playas language, textual problems, the interpretation of stage ... More

This richly annotated edition takes a fresh look at the first part of Shakespeare's second tetralogy of history plays, showing how it relates to the other plays in the sequence. Forker places the play in its political context, discussing its relation to competing theories of monarchy, looking at how... More

The Arden Shakespeare is the established edition of Shakespeare's work. Justly celebrated for its authoritative scholarship and invaluable commentary, Arden guides you a richer understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's plays. This edition of Macbeth provides, a clear and authoritative text, de... More

The Tempest has long dazzled readers and audiences with its intricate blend of magic, music, humour, intrigue and tenderness, its vibrant but ambiguous central characters. As Virginia and Alden Vaughan show, in their wide-ranging new edition of this established favourite, such antithetical extremes ... More

The Tempest has long dazzled readers and audiences with its intricate blend of magic, music, humour, intrigue and tenderness, its vibrant but ambiguous central characters. As Virginia and Alden Vaughan show, in their wide-ranging new edition of this established favourite, such antithetical extremes ... More

Professor Sander's edition of Othello provides a full analysis of the textual problem and current theories of transmission, anticipates the problems, both stylistc and racial, which face twentieth-century readers and spectators and offers possible solutions to them. The edition is well illustrated, ... More

Cambridge School Shakespeare offers an active approach to classroom Shakespeare, enabling students to inhabit Shakespeare??'s imaginative world in accessible and creative ways.... More

An active approach to Shakespeare in the classroom. This edition of Henry V is part of the Cambridge School Shakespeare series. Like every other play in the series, it has been specially prepared to help all students in schools and colleges. This version of Henry V aims to be different from other ed... More

David Scott Kastan lucidly explores the remarkable richness and the ambitious design of King Henry IV Part 1 and shows how these complicate any easy sense of what kind of play it is. Conventionally regarded as a history play, much of it is in fact conspicuously invented fiction, and Kastan argues th... More

The Arden Shakespeare is the established edition of Shakespeare's work. Justly celebrated for its authoritative scholarship and invaluable commentary, Arden guides you a richer understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's plays. This edition of King Henry IV Part II provides, a clear and authorit... More

This play has been popular on the stage during the last three centuries and has proved itself admirable suited to adaptation as pure farce and musical spectacle.The Arden Shakespeare is the established edition of Shakespeare's work. Justly celebrated for its authoritative scholarship and invaluable ... More