The Oxford ShakespeareGeneral Editor: Stanley WellsThe Oxford Shakespeare offer authoritative texts from leading scholars in editions designed to interpret and illuminate the plays for modern readers- a new, modern-spelling text, collated and edited from the early texts- wide-ranging introduction discusses the play’s historical contexts, political significance, characters, sources, and language- detailed stage history designed to meet the needs of students and theatre professionals- on-page commentary and notes explain meaning, allusions, staging, and much else- illustrated with production photographs, historical portraits, textual facsimiles, and map- full index to introduction and commentary- durable sewn binding for lasting use'not simply a better text but a new conception of Shakespeare' Times Literary Supplement