ABSTRACT

First published in 1951.

G B Harrison here recognizes that Shakespeare's tragedies were intended for performance in a theatre and that the playwright's conspicuous gift among his contemporaries was a sympathy for joy and sorrow, pity and terror, and right and wrong of his people. The plays covered are: Titus Andronicus, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Troilus and Cressida, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus and Timon of Athens.

chapter Chapter 1|21 pages

Shakespearean Tragedy

chapter Chapter 2|17 pages

Titus Andronicus

chapter Chapter 3|18 pages

Romeo and Juliet

chapter Chapter 4|23 pages

Julius Caesar

chapter Chapter 5|23 pages

Hamlet

chapter Chapter 6|20 pages

Troylus and Cressida

chapter Chapter 7|27 pages

Othello

chapter Chapter 8|26 pages

King Lear

chapter Chapter 9|19 pages

Macbeth

chapter Chapter 10|24 pages

Antony and Cleopatra

chapter Chapter 11|26 pages

Coriolanus

chapter Chapter 12|18 pages

Timon of Athens