This book is a 'one-stop-shop' for the busy undergraduate studying Shakespeare.
Offering detailed guidance to the plays most often taught on undergraduate
courses, the volume targets the topics tutors choose for essay questions and is
organised to help students find the information they need quickly. Each text
discussion contains sections on sources, characters, performance, themes,
language, and critical history, helping students identify the different ways of
approaching a text. The book's unique play-based structure and character-centre
approach allows students to easily navigate the material. The flexibility of the
design allows students to either read cover-to-cover, target a specific play, or
explore elements of a narrative unit such as