This volume offers a lively introduction to the major issues of the stage and print history of the plays, and discusses what a Shakespeare play actually is.

List of Illustrations General Editor's Preface Acknowledgements Textual Note; 1. Prologue 2. Text, Playhouse and London 3. Additions, Emendations and Revisions 4. Rehearsal, Performance and Plays 5. Props, Music and Stage Directions 6. Prologues, Songs and Actors' Parts 7. From Stage to Printing House 8. Epilogue Notes Bibliography and Further Reading Index