Shakespeare, Dramatic Poetry and Value

Acknowledgements
Reference and Abbreviations

1 Introduction: Shakespeare, Poet and Playwright

2 Shakespeare's Early and Later Verse

2.1 Early Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew and the Question of Authorship

2.2 Henry the Sixth, Part Three

2.3 Later Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra

3 Elements of Shakespeare's Dramatic Poetry

3.1 Macbeth: Poetry and the Expansion of Meaning

3.2 Wordplay and Imagery

3.3 Hamlet: Varieties of Style and Significance

3.4 Julius Caesar and Simplicity

4 Variation between Quartos

4.1 Romeo and Juliet: The Marriage Scene in Q1 (1597) and Q2 (1599)

4.2 Romeo and Juliet: Romeo's Last Speech in Q1 (1597) and Q2 (1599)

4.3 Romeo and Juliet: Variant Prologues

4.4 Hamlet: The Queen's Account of Ophelia's Death in Q1 (1603) and Q2 (1604/5)

4.5 Hamlet: 'To be or not to be' in Q1 (1603) and Q2 (1604/5)

5 Shakespeare and his Co-Authors

5.1 Timon of Athens: Shakespeare and Middleton

5.2 Pericles: Shakespeare and Wilkins

5.3 All Is True (Henry VIII) and The Two Noble Kinsmen: Shakespeare and Fletcher

6 The 'Play On Shakespeare' Project

6.1 As You Like It: The Duke on Life in Arden

6.2 Henry the Fifth: The Chorus on the English Fleet's Voyage to France

6.3 Duncan and Banquo Arrive at Macbeth's Castle

6.4 The Tempest: Prospero's Monologue on his 'potent art'

6.5 The Two Noble Kinsmen: Arcite's Death

6.6 Conclusion

Appendix: Iambic Pentameter Verse
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Index