The RSC Shakespeare: The Complete Works

Preface to Shakespeare: A Second Edition, Jonathan Bate The First Folio after 400 years The 'Second Folio' of the RSC Shakespeare General Introduction, Jonathan Bate Shakespeare our Perennial Contemporary Shakespeare's Debut: The 'Upstart Crow' The Back Story: Shakespeare of Stratford The Playhouses Plague and Poetry The Lord Chamberlain's Man The Ensemble at Work Dangerous Matter: Politics and Religion The King's Man Cult and Heresy The Great Feast of Languages The First Folio Restored User's GuidePreliminary pages of the First FolioForeword, Greg Doran, Artistic Director Emeritus, Royal Shakespeare Company PLATES WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: COMPLETE WORKS with Introductions and Key Facts, Jonathan Bate COMEDIESThe TempestThe Two Gentlemen of VeronaThe Merry Wives of WindsorMeasure for MeasureThe Comedy of ErrorsMuch Ado about NothingLove's Labour's LostA Midsummer Night's DreamThe Merchant of VeniceAs You Like ItThe Taming of the ShrewAll's Well that Ends WellTwelfth Night, or What You WillThe Winter's TaleHISTORIESThe Life and Death of King JohnThe Life and Death of King Richard the SecondThe First Part of Henry the Fourth, with the Life and Deathof Henry surnamed HotspurThe Second Part of Henry the Fourth, containing his Deathand the Coronation of King Henry the FifthThe Life of Henry the FifthThe First Part of Henry the SixthThe Second Part of Henry the Sixth, with the Death of theGood Duke HumphreyThe Third Part of Henry the Sixth, with the Death of theDuke of YorkThe Tragedy of Richard the Third, with the Landing of EarlRichmond and the Battle at Bosworth FieldThe Famous History of the Life of King Henry the EighthTRAGEDIESThe Tragedy of Troilus and CressidaThe Tragedy of CoriolanusThe Lamentable Tragedy of Titus AndronicusThe Tragedy of Romeo and JulietThe Life of Timon of AthensThe Tragedy of Julius CaesarThe Tragedy of MacbethThe Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of DenmarkThe Tragedy of King LearThe Tragedy

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English dramatist, poet, and actor, generally regarded as the greatest playwright of all time.