General Editor's Preface - Acknowledgements - How to Approach a Shakespeare Play - STUDYING A HISTORY PLAY - The English History Plays: Richard II and Henry IV Part 1 - The Roman History Plays: Julius Caesar, Anthony and Cleopatra and Coriolanus - STUDYING A TRAGEDY - The Tragedies: Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, Macbeth - STUDYING A COMEDY - The Romantic Comedies: Twelfth Night, Much Ado about Nothing - The Problem Comedies - The Romances - DISCUSSING AN EXTRACT FROM A SHAKESPEARE PLAY - Examinations, Context Questions - Writing about a Longer Extract - WRITING AN ESSAY - Essay-Writing, the Question, your Answer - Further Reading - A List of Shakespeare's Plays - Index
