Description
– Illustration: Original paper-cuts, in the form of laser tip-ins and scans, beautifully illustrate each play. Paintings and photographs add depth to back and front matter.
– Scholarship: Premier scholars introduce each play with recent scholarship. An essay on editing the text provides an in-depth look at the quartos and folios used in the edition.
– Context: Essays on Shakespeare’s England, language, and life, at the side of essays on performing Shakespeare and significant performances, frame the play in both historical and theatrical context for readers. A look at the lasting influence of the play on music, art, film, and dance creates an interdisciplinary framework with which to approach the play.
– Notes: Through one-word margin definitions, facing-page glosses, and longer end notes after each play, the series’ approach to notes pulls readers away from the text fewer times whilst providing them with more information and comprehensive analysis.
– Further Reading – An annotated bibliography of titles, hand-selected by the introduction creator, takes readers beyond the edition for further reading.