ABSTRACT
This book is a study of four of Shakespeare's major tragedies - "Hamlet", "Othello", "King Lear" and "Macbeth". It looks at these plays in a variety of contexts - both in isolation and in relation to each other and to the cultural, ideological, social and political contexts which produced them.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|51 pages
Shakespeare’s England
part Two|56 pages
Shakespeare and the Theatre of His Time
part Three|102 pages
Critical Analysis: Hamlet (1601) Othello (1604) King Lear (c. 1605) Macbeth (1606)
