A Companion to Shakespeare

David Scott Kastan is Professor of English at the Columbia University and a General Editor of the New Arden Shakespeare. His numerous publications include: Shakespeare and the Shapes of Time (1982), Staging the Renaissance: Reinterpretations of Elizabethan and Stuart Drama (1991), Critical Essays on Shakespeare's Hamlet (1995), and Shakespeare After Theory (1999).

Illustrations viii

Notes on Contributors ix

Part One Introduction

Part Two Shakespeare I

Part Three Living

Part Four Reading

Part Five Writing

Part Six Playing

Part Seven Printing

Part Eight Shakespeare II

Index 503