Aimed squarely at the student new to Shakespeare, this volume provides a through introduction to the plays, based on the exciting new approaches shaping the field of Shakespeare studies. The author offers a refreshingly clear guide to Shakespeare's language; the plays as performance texts; the cultural and political contexts of the plays; early modern theatre practice; new understandings of the major genres.

List of Illustrations. Acknowledgements. About This Book. Why Shakespeare studies changed. Did Shakespeare really mean all this? How to use this book. This book is the only on way of studying Shakespeare. 
Chapter 1. Shakespeare's Language (1) 
Chapter 2. Shakespeare's Language (2) 
Chapter 3. Types of Stage Action 
Chapter 4. What the play means in performance 
Part Two: The Genres 
Chapter 5. What is Genre? 
Chapter 6. Understanding Comedy: The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice 
Chapter 7. Understanding History: King Richard II, King Henry IV Part One, King Henry V 
Chapter 8. Understanding Tragedy: Hamlet, King Lear, Othello 
Chapter 9. Understanding the mixed-genre plays: Measure For Measure, Troilus and Cressida 
Chapter 10. Understanding Romance: The Winter's Tale, The Tempest Conclusion. Chronology. 
References. 
Index of Definitions of Concepts and Terms. 
General Index.

Sean McEvoy teaches English and Drama at Varndean College, Brighton, UK.

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