Incorporating thirty-eight volumes of

Shakespeare's work, this superb series is distinguished by its skilled and unobtrusive editing, under the scholarly and sensitive supervision

of Alfred Harbage. 

Great pains have been taken to follow Shakespeare's intentions with regard to the act and scene division an the exact form of speech. The editing has been done from the quarto or folio texts, depending on which is considered more authoritative, and the ideal has been to reproduce the chosen texts with as few alterations as possible. In order to help the reader and student,

the annotations have been arranged on the relevant pages, providing an easily accessible and indispensable

source of information.