The Oxford Shakespeare General Editor: Stanley Wells The Oxford Shakespeare offer authoritative texts from leading scholars in editions designed to interpret and illuminate the plays for modern readers * a new, modern-spelling text, collated and edited from the early texts * wide-ranging introduction discusses the play's historical contexts, political significance, characters, sources, and language * detailed stage history designed to meet the needs of students and theatre professionals * on-page commentary and notes explain meaning, allusions, staging, and much else * illustrated with production photographs, historical portraits, textual facsimiles, and map * full index to introduction and commentary * durable sewn binding for lasting use 'not simply a better text but a new conception of Shakespeare' Times Literary Supplement

\"not simply a better text but a new conception of Shakespeare\" --Times Literary Supplement