ROS KING is Professor of English Studies at the University of Southampton, UK. She is also a theatre director, dramaturg and musician, and has served on the academic advisory board at The Globe and on the Board of Directors for the English Shakespeare Company.

'King's volume is ... the perfect example of the ways in which these short studies can exceed their expectations as student handbooks and become genuine critical interventions.' - Julie Sanders, A Year's Contribution to Shakespeare Studies '...a confident identity as more volumes boost the catalogue...particularly engaging...' - Shakespeare Survey Online

• General Editor's PrefaceAcknowledgementsThe Text and Early PerformancesCommentaryThe Play's Sources and Cultural ContextCritical AssessmentsKey Productions and PerformancesThe Play on ScreenFurther ReadingIndex.

ROS KING is Professor of English Studies at the University of Southampton, UK. She is also a theatre director, dramaturg and musician, and has served on the academic advisory board at The Globe and on the Board of Directors for the English Shakespeare Company.

'King's volume is ... the perfect example of the ways in which these short studies can exceed their expectations as student handbooks and become genuine critical interventions.' - Julie Sanders, A Year's Contribution to Shakespeare Studies '...a confident identity as more volumes boost the catalogue...particularly engaging...' - Shakespeare Survey Online

• General Editor's PrefaceAcknowledgementsThe Text and Early PerformancesCommentaryThe Play's Sources and Cultural ContextCritical AssessmentsKey Productions and PerformancesThe Play on ScreenFurther ReadingIndex.

ROS KING is Professor of English Studies at the University of Southampton, UK. She is also a theatre director, dramaturg and musician, and has served on the academic advisory board at The Globe and on the Board of Directors for the English Shakespeare Company.

'King's volume is ... the perfect example of the ways in which these short studies can exceed their expectations as student handbooks and become genuine critical interventions.' - Julie Sanders, A Year's Contribution to Shakespeare Studies '...a confident identity as more volumes boost the catalogue...particularly engaging...' - Shakespeare Survey Online

• General Editor's PrefaceAcknowledgementsThe Text and Early PerformancesCommentaryThe Play's Sources and Cultural ContextCritical AssessmentsKey Productions and PerformancesThe Play on ScreenFurther ReadingIndex.