Edited by John F. Andrews and foreword by Adrian Noble, this play by William Shakespeare is the most authoritative up-to-date paperback edition of the plays. Unique among existing editions it provides face to face text and notes, a chronology of Shakespeare's life and times, a rich selection of critical and theatrical responses to the play over the centuries, text derived from the earliest printings, often preserving puns and wordplay otherwise lost, foreword by an actor or theater director describing the play in performance. Also up-to-date commentary on the structure, atmosphere and content of the play and on its sources and influences.
