Stanley Wells ran the Oxford Shakespeare Dept. within OUP for the years in which the Complete Works were in preparation; and he is the general editor of The Oxford Shakespeare/Oxford World's Classics Shakespeare series in which the present volume appears. He is also co-general editor of the new Oxford Shakespeare Topics series. Formerly Director of the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon, he is now Chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon, and Professor Emeritus in the University of Birmingham.Stanley Wells and Gary Taylor were the general editors of the Oxford Complete Works of Shakespeare.Gary Taylor [WHOSE TEXT WAS USED, WITH SOME MODIFICATIONS, FOR THE PRESENT EDITION] is co-general-editor of the forthcoming Oxford Thomas Middleton edition.

• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION; TEXTUAL INTRODUCTION AND EDITORIAL PROCEDURES; ABBREVIATIONS AND REFERENCES; KING LEAR; THE BALLAD OF KING LEAR; OFFSHOOTS OF KING LEAR; ALTERATIONS TO LINEATION; INDEX

Stanley Wells ran the Oxford Shakespeare Dept. within OUP for the years in which the Complete Works were in preparation; and he is the general editor of The Oxford Shakespeare/Oxford World's Classics Shakespeare series in which the present volume appears. He is also co-general editor of the new Oxford Shakespeare Topics series. Formerly Director of the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon, he is now Chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon, and Professor Emeritus in the University of Birmingham.Stanley Wells and Gary Taylor were the general editors of the Oxford Complete Works of Shakespeare.Gary Taylor [WHOSE TEXT WAS USED, WITH SOME MODIFICATIONS, FOR THE PRESENT EDITION] is co-general-editor of the forthcoming Oxford Thomas Middleton edition.

• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION; TEXTUAL INTRODUCTION AND EDITORIAL PROCEDURES; ABBREVIATIONS AND REFERENCES; KING LEAR; THE BALLAD OF KING LEAR; OFFSHOOTS OF KING LEAR; ALTERATIONS TO LINEATION; INDEX

Stanley Wells ran the Oxford Shakespeare Dept. within OUP for the years in which the Complete Works were in preparation; and he is the general editor of The Oxford Shakespeare/Oxford World's Classics Shakespeare series in which the present volume appears. He is also co-general editor of the new Oxford Shakespeare Topics series. Formerly Director of the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon, he is now Chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon, and Professor Emeritus in the University of Birmingham.Stanley Wells and Gary Taylor were the general editors of the Oxford Complete Works of Shakespeare.Gary Taylor [WHOSE TEXT WAS USED, WITH SOME MODIFICATIONS, FOR THE PRESENT EDITION] is co-general-editor of the forthcoming Oxford Thomas Middleton edition.

• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION; TEXTUAL INTRODUCTION AND EDITORIAL PROCEDURES; ABBREVIATIONS AND REFERENCES; KING LEAR; THE BALLAD OF KING LEAR; OFFSHOOTS OF KING LEAR; ALTERATIONS TO LINEATION; INDEX