Shakespeare, William

The materials include an article comparing the character of Julius Caesar in Shakespeares' show and Voltaires play.

The material includes a document discussing the types of people who saw Shakespeare's shows and the types of emotions that the different social statuses felt as they watched his stories unfold. H. S. Bennet wrote it for the Annual Shakespeare Lecture of the British Academy.

The material includes three articles relating to books and Shakespeare's works. One document talks about the bad quartos of books that don't represent the written transcripts of the authors who originally wrote them. The other two articles talk about the history of the First Folio of Shakespeare in England and the development of the first Shakespearian libraries around England and the United States.

The materials include an essay describing the character of Cleopatra in Shakespeare's play, Antony and Cleopatra, and how she develops throughout the show and what those changes represent.

The materials include two documents discussing Shakespeare's Coriolanus, one of which delves into Renaissance Psychology and its showcase in the play. The other examines Herman Kirchner, his life, and his writings on Coriolanus.

The materials include an article discussing the meaning and style of the costumes for three of Shakespeare's shows, Love's Labor's Lost, Twelfth Night, and The Tempest.

The materials include an article discussing Shakespeare's characters that were counsellors of state, including who they were, how they typically behaved and, how they affected the overall story of the play.

The materials include two articles that discuss Shakespeares play Cymbeline and what different interpretations of the story have been by various critics and analytics. They also discuss analogs for the Imogen story in Cymbeline and other plays they may have derived.

The document discusses revisions made by Shakespeare himself as well, as other playwrights, to his works over time and how these revisions changed the way the play was perceived.

The materials include an essay describing Shakespeare's treatment of conventional ideas about the world and how he incorporates those ideas into his plays.