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 Guide Preliminary pages of the First Folio Foreword, Gregory Doran, Artistic Director, Royal Shakespeare Company PLATES WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: COMPLETE WORKS with Introductions and Key Facts, Jonathan Bate COMEDIES The Tempest The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Merry Wives of Windsor Measure for Measure The Comedy of Errors Much Ado about Nothing Love’s Labour’s Lost A Midsummer Night’s Dream The Merchant of Venice As You Like It The Taming of the Shrew All’s Well that Ends Well Twelfth Night, or What You Will The Winter’s Tale HISTORIES The Life and Death of King John The Life and Death of King Richard the Second The First Part of Henry the Fourth, with the Life and Death of Henry surnamed Hotspur The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, containing his Death and the Coronation of King Henry the Fifth The Life of Henry the Fifth The First Part of Henry the Sixth The Second Part of Henry the Sixth, with the Death of the Good Duke Humphrey The Third Part of Henry the Sixth, with the Death of the Duke of York The Tragedy of Richard the Third, with the Landing of Earl Richmond and the Battle at Bosworth Field The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth TRAGEDIES The Tragedy of Troilus and Cressida The Tragedy of Coriolanus The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet The Life of Timon of Athens The Tragedy of Julius Caesar The Tragedy of Macbeth The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark The Tragedy of King Lear The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra The Tragedy of Cymbeline PLAYS NOT IN THE FIRST FOLIO Pericles, Prince of Tyre, William Shakespeare and George Wilkins The Two Noble Kinsmen, William Shakespeare and John Fletcher POEMS AND SONNETS Venus and Adonis The Rape of Lucrece The Passionate Pilgrim ‘To the Queen’ ‘Let the Bird of Loudest Lay’ (also known as ‘The Phoenix and Turtle’) Shakespeare’s Sonnets ‘A Lover’s Complaint’ A Scene for Sir Thomas More (introduction, transcription and modernized text by Eric Rasmussen) CHARTS Shakespeare’s Works: A Conjectural Chronology The Houses of Lancaster and York: A Genealogy Kings and Queens of England: From the History Plays to Shakespeare’s Lifetime The History behind the Histories: A Chronology The History behind the Tragedies: A Chronology

A new edition of the bestselling Complete Works of Shakespeare from the Royal Shakespeare Company. New features include a stunning new design, colour photographs of key performances, innovative Stage Notes illustrating RSC staging choices, and a foreword from RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran.

Developed in association with the Royal Shakespeare Company and edited by renowned Shakespeare scholars Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen, The RSC Shakespeare series is home to the stunning The RSC Shakespeare: The Complete Works as well as editions of all 36 individual plays included in William Shakespeare's First Folio. Each volume contains: - Interviews with acclaimed directors and actors, including Gregory Doran and Adrian Noble - Illuminating introductions by acclaimed scholar Jonathan Bate - Insights into specific productions from each play's history - Outstanding on-page notes and scene-by-scene analysis Ideal for students, theatre-goers, actors and general readers, the RSC Shakespeare editions offer an accessible and contemporary approach to reading and rediscovering Shakespeare’s works for the 21st century.