(Paperback, New edition)

Why do Shakespeare's works continue to exert so strong an influence and have such lasting appeal What do they have to offer modern readers and play-goers The author seeks to answer these questions in this wide-ranging critical survey of Shakespeare's career as a poet and playwright.

(Paperback)

Shows that Shakespeare was a man of the theatre, one among a community of artists in the teeming world of Renaissance London. This book also sketches a gallery of Shakespeare's fellow playwrights.