William Shakespeare(1564-1616)was apoet,playwright, and actor who
is widely regarded as one of the mostinfluential writers in the
history of the English language. Often referred to as the Bard of
Avon, Shakespeare's vast body of work includescomedic, tragic, and
historical plays;poems; and 154 sonnets.His dramatic works have
been translated into every major language and are performed more
often than those of any other playwright.
Peter Holland was the director of the Shakespeare Institute,
Stratford-upon-Avon, and professor of Shakespeare studies at the
University of Birmingham. He is now the McMeel Family Professor of
Shakespeare Studies at Notre Dame University.
Stephen Orgel is the Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of the
Humanities at Stanford University and general editor of the
Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture. He has
edited Ben Johnson's masques, Christopher Marlowe's poems and
translations, and many other classics. His books includeThe
Authentic Shakespeare(2002),Impersonations- The Performance of
Gender in Shakespeare's England(1996), andThe Illusion of
Power(1975).
A. R. Braunmuller is a professor of English and comparative
literature at the University of California at Los Angeles, where he
teaches courses on English and European drama from 1500 to the
present. He has written critical volumes on George Peele and George
Chapman and has edited plays in both the Oxford (King John) and
Cambridge (Macbeth) series of Shakespeare editions. He is also the
general editor ofThe New Cambridge Shakespeare.
“A remarkable edition, one that makes Shakespeare’s extraordinary
accomplishment more vivid than ever.”—James Shapiro, professor,
Columbia University, bestselling author of A Year in the Life of
Shakespeare: 1599
“A feast of literary and historical information.”—The Wall Street
Journal
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