Linda Cookson

Bryan Loughrey

Critical Essays on Philip Larkin: the Poems

Othello, William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

Graham Holderness

The first in a series on Shakespeare's original texts, including facsimile pages, this version of "Hamlet" is claimed to be, in some ways, the most authentic version of the play that we have. Included are an introduction, notes, and a theoretical, historical and contextual critique. This text has been rejected by scholars as a "bad Quarto" - corrupt and pirated text printed without the permission of the playwright or his company. Nonetheless, it was the first version of the play to be published and it has been produced in the modern theatre with success. This new edition of that Quarto seeks to acknowledge the play's distinctive poetic and dramatic qualities, instead of comparing them unfavourably to one of the other versions.

Hamlet - The First Quarto (Sos)

One of a series on Shakespeare's original texts, including facsimile pages, this version of "Henry V" is claimed to be, in some ways, the most authentic version of the play that we have. Included are an introduction, notes, and a theoretical, historical and contextual critique. The original text - or First Quarto - of "Henry V", published in 1600, is missing the Chorus, a dramatic device which recent criticism has used to suggest a strikingly modern view of history and politics. These and other significant changes mean that critics can no longer assume that the play presents a distanced, ironic perspective on its own political and military action. If Elizabethan audiences saw in performance something closer to the First Folio than the 1623 Folio text, then their dramatic engagement with history was of a kind very different from that of the play's 20th-century interpreters. This new edition makes available the original text of "Henry V", in all its theatrical simplicity and historical difference.

Henry V - The Quarto (Sos)

First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Quarto of "Taming of a Shrew"

Taming of the Shrew

Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare

A collection of essays which re-examine major themes of the play, with follow-up ideas and notes on writing an essay. Suggested level: secondary.

Critical Essays on Hamlet, William Shakespeare

This is a collection of specially-commisioned essays designed to meet the specific needs of A level students. It introduces students to a wide variety of critical opinion, and shows by example how to construct a good critical essay. This book considers Much Ado About Nothing.

Critical Essays on Much Ado about Nothing

Presents the earliest known editions of Shakespeare's play, which differs substantially from the present versions, and argues that these are authentic

Bryan Loughrey

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