Presents the texts of two of Shakespeare’s historical dramas, with notes on the text.

Critical notes and scholarly comments accompany Venus and Adonis, the rape of Lucrece, the phoenix and turtle, A lover’s complaint, and Sonnets.

For this second edition, David Bevington has included in his introductory section a thorough consideration of recent critical and stage interpretations of Antony and Cleopatra, demonstrating how the theatrical design…

When the ghost of his father appears to Prince Hamlet of Denmark, urging him to avenge his murder upon his uncle, the tragic flaw of indecision leads Hamlet to ruin.

An essay on the play in performance and source material and scholarship notes accompany the text of the tragedy.

This book explores the many different ways that we can understand the concept of literary influence, considering both the pressures exerted upon a work at the time of its creation…