The Norton Critical Edition is again based on the First Folio (1623), the only authoritative text of the play. The volume includes a revised introduction and new annotations and …
Giraldi Cinthio’s story—which Shakespeare used for both the plot and many details of Othello—is included here, as is a generous selection of interpretative responses to Othello, …
Since its return to the London stage in 1740, As You Like It has delighted theatergoers, readers, and critics. Its heroine, Rosalind, is one of Shakespeare’s greatest characters. …
This richly documented Norton Critical Edition of Julius Caesar is based on the 1623 First Folio text. It is accompanied by a note on the text, an introduction that sets the …
This Norton Critical Edition includes: • The First Folio (1623) text, accompanied by the editors’ preface and detailed explanatory annotations. • A rich collection of source …
This Norton Critical Edition of Richard III is based on the First Quarto (1597) edition of the play with interpolations from the First Folio (1623). The play is accompanied by a …
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, one of Shakespeare’s most popular works for the stage and widely performed across the world, is now available as a Norton Critical Edition. Included are …
It is accompanied by “A Note on the Text” and detailed explanatory annotations. “Sources and Contexts” provides three possible analogues to Shakespeare’s controversial, …
This Norton Critical Edition has been carefully edited to make The Merchant of Venice, its surrounding history, and the history of its critical reception and rewritings accessible …
Act and scene divisions are not indicated in the Quarto; those of the First Folio have been incorporated, with one exception: scene ii of Act V has been divided into two scenes, …
