The RSC Shakespeare: The Complete Works

William Shakespeare, Jonathan Bate, Eric Rasmussen, Jonathan Bate, Eric Rasmussen

• Publisher: The RSC Shakespeare
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN:
  9781350319967
• Edition: 2
• eBook ISBN:
  9781350320031
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Shakespeare Drama
• Index: Literature

"The text of any Shakespeare play is a living negotiable entity: scholarship and theatre practice work together to keep the plays alive and vividly present." – Greg Doran, RSC Artistic Director Emeritus

Developed in partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company, this Complete Works of William Shakespeare combines exemplary textual scholarship with beautiful design. Curated by expert editors Sir Jonathan Bate and Professor Eric Rasmussen, the text in this collection is based on the iconic 1623 First Folio: the first and original Complete Works lovingly assembled by Shakespeare's fellow actors, and the version of Shakespeare's text preferred by many actors and directors today.

This stunning revised edition goes further to present Shakespeare's plays as they were originally intended – as living theatre to be enjoyed and performed on stage. Along with new colour photographs from a vibrant range of RSC productions, a new Stage Notes feature documenting the staging choices in 100 RSC productions showcases the myriad ways in which Shakespeare's plays can be brought to life.

Now featuring the entire range of Shakespeare's plays, poems and sonnets, this edition is expanded to include both The Passionate Pilgrim and A Lover's Complaint. Along with Bate's excellent general introduction and short essays, this collection includes a range of aids to the reader such as on-page notes explaining unfamiliar terms and key facts boxes providing plot summaries and additional helpful context. A Complete Works for the 21st century, this versatile and highly collectable edition will inspire students, theatre practitioners and lovers of Shakespeare everywhere.

Table of contents

• About the Editors
• THE RSC SHAKESPEARE COMPLETE WORKS
• PREFACE TO SHAKESPEARE: A SECOND EDITION
• GENERAL INTRODUCTION
• USER’S GUIDE
• PRELIMINARY PAGES OF THE FIRST FOLIO
• FOREWORD
• COLOR PLATES
• THE TEMPEST
• THE TEMPEST
• THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
• THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
• THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
• THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
• MEASURE FOR MEASURE
• MEASURE FOR MEASURE
• THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
• THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
• MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
• MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
• LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST
• LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST
• A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
• A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
• THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
• THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
• AS YOU LIKE IT
• AS YOU LIKE IT
• THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
• THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
• ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
• ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
• TWELFTH NIGHT, OR WHAT YOU WILL
• TWELFTH NIGHT, OR WHAT YOU WILL
• THE WINTER’S TALE
• THE WINTER’S TALE
• THE LIFE AND DEATH OF KING JOHN
• THE LIFE AND DEATH OF KING JOHN
• THE LIFE AND DEATH OF KING RICHARD THE SECOND
• THE LIFE AND DEATH OF KING RICHARD THE SECOND
• THE TWO PARTS OF HENRY THE FOURTH
• 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 LIFE OF HENRY THE FIFTH
• THE THREE PARTS OF HENRY THE SIXTH
• 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
• 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
• THE FAMOUS HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF KING HENRY THE EIGHTH
• THE TRAGEDY OF TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
• THE TRAGEDY OF TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
• THE TRAGEDY OF CORIOLANUS
• THE TRAGEDY OF CORIOLANUS
• THE LAMENTABLE TRAGEDY OF TITUS ANDRONICUS
• THE LAMENTABLE TRAGEDY OF TITUS ANDRONICUS
• THE TRAGEDY OF ROMEO AND JULIET
• THE TRAGEDY OF ROMEO AND JULIET
• THE LIFE OF TIMON OF ATHENS
• THE LIFE OF TIMON OF ATHENS
• THE TRAGEDY OF JULIUS CAESAR
• THE TRAGEDY OF JULIUS CAESAR
• THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
• THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
• THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK
• THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK
• THE TRAGEDY OF KING LEAR
• THE TRAGEDY OF KING LEAR
• THE TRAGEDY OF OTHELLO, THE MOOR OF VENICE
• THE TRAGEDY OF OTHELLO, THE MOOR OF VENICE
• THE TRAGEDY OF ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
• THE TRAGEDY OF ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
• THE TRAGEDY OF CYMBELINE
• THE TRAGEDY OF CYMBELINE
• PERICLES
• PERICLES
• THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN
• THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN
• POEMS AND SONNETS
• VENUS AND ADONIS
• THE RAPE OF LUCRECE
• THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM
• ‘To the Queen’
• ‘Let the Bird of Loudest Lay’
• SHAKESPEARE’S SONNETS
• A LOVER’S COMPLAINT
• A SCENE FOR SIR THOMAS MORE
• A SCENE FOR SIR THOMAS MORE – TRANSCRIPTION OF THE MANUSCRIPT
• A Scene for Sir Thomas More – Modernized Version
• SHAKESPEARE’S WORKS: A Conjectural Chronology
• KINGS AND QUEENS OF ENGLAND: From the History Plays to Shakespeare’s Lifetime
• THE HOUSES OF YORK AND LANCASTER: A Genealogy
• THE HISTORY BEHIND THE HISTORIES: A Chronology
• THE HISTORY BEHIND THE TRAGEDIES: A Chronology
• CREDITS
• INDEX OF PLAYS AND POEMS