Offers fresh insights into ten of Shakespeare's most popular plays: Romeo and Juliet, A midsummer night's dream, Richard II, Henry IV, Measure for measure, Hamlet, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra, The winter's tale, and The tempest.

"These lectures represent one-third of a course in Shakespeare taught at Victoria College ... University of Toronto."--P.v.

Romeo and Juliet -- A midsummer night's dream -- Richard II, Henry IV: the Bolingbroke plays -- Hamlet -- King Lear -- Antony and Cleopatra -- Measure for measure -- Shakespeare's romances: The winter's tale -- The tempest.