EMMA SMITH is Professor of Shakespeare Studies at Hertford College, University of Oxford. FIONA STAFFORD is Professor of English Language and Literature at Somerville College, Oxford.

• Table of Contents Introduction: Shakespeare’s Mulberry Tree Part 1: Individual trees Oak, Elm, Cedar, Hawthorn (May), Sycamore, Willow, Yew, Apple, Apricot, Nut. Part 2: Forests, woods, and trees in the landscape The Forest of Arden, A Wood near Athens, Birnam Wood, Orchard in Elsinore, The greenwood tree, blossom, canker, felling, planting. Part 3: The Wooden O, or the uses of timber The Cross, chapels and choirs, Butts and barrels, wardrobes and chests, beams and boards, ships and wooden walls, writing desks and ink, gallows and gunpowder, tanning and firewood

EMMA SMITH is Professor of Shakespeare Studies at Hertford College, University of Oxford. FIONA STAFFORD is Professor of English Language and Literature at Somerville College, Oxford.

• Table of Contents Introduction: Shakespeare’s Mulberry Tree Part 1: Individual trees Oak, Elm, Cedar, Hawthorn (May), Sycamore, Willow, Yew, Apple, Apricot, Nut. Part 2: Forests, woods, and trees in the landscape The Forest of Arden, A Wood near Athens, Birnam Wood, Orchard in Elsinore, The greenwood tree, blossom, canker, felling, planting. Part 3: The Wooden O, or the uses of timber The Cross, chapels and choirs, Butts and barrels, wardrobes and chests, beams and boards, ships and wooden walls, writing desks and ink, gallows and gunpowder, tanning and firewood

EMMA SMITH is Professor of Shakespeare Studies at Hertford College, University of Oxford. FIONA STAFFORD is Professor of English Language and Literature at Somerville College, Oxford.

• Table of Contents Introduction: Shakespeare’s Mulberry Tree Part 1: Individual trees Oak, Elm, Cedar, Hawthorn (May), Sycamore, Willow, Yew, Apple, Apricot, Nut. Part 2: Forests, woods, and trees in the landscape The Forest of Arden, A Wood near Athens, Birnam Wood, Orchard in Elsinore, The greenwood tree, blossom, canker, felling, planting. Part 3: The Wooden O, or the uses of timber The Cross, chapels and choirs, Butts and barrels, wardrobes and chests, beams and boards, ships and wooden walls, writing desks and ink, gallows and gunpowder, tanning and firewood