Shakespeare Survey: Volume 10, The Roman Plays

Shakespeare Survey is a yearbook of Shakespeare studies and production. Since 1948 Survey has published the best international scholarship in English and many of its essays have become classics of Shakespeare criticism. Each volume is devoted to a theme, or play, or group of plays; each also contains a section of reviews of the previous year’s textual and critical studies and of major British performances. The books are illustrated with a variety of Shakespearean images and production photographs. The current editor of Survey is Peter Holland. The first eighteen volumes were edited by Allardyce Nicoll, numbers 19-33 by Kenneth Muir and numbers 34-52 by Stanley Wells. The virtues of accessible scholarship and a keen interest in performance, from Shakespeare’s time to our own, have characterised the journal from the start. For the first time, numbers 1-50 are being reissued in paperback, available separately and as a set.

• Most volumes of Survey have long been out of print in hardback. This is the first time we have published in paperback • Each volume is devoted to the year’s theme • Each volume contains reviews of critical books and theatre performances

List of plates; 1. Shakespeare’s Roman plays: 1900–1956 J. C. Maxwell; 2. Shakespeare’s ‘small Latin’ - how much? J. Dover Wilson; 3. Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Romans Terence Spencer; 4. The metamorphosis of violence in Titus Andronicus Eugene M. Waith; 5. From Plutarch to Shakespeare: a study of Coriolanus Hermann Heuer; 6. The composition of Titus Andronicus R. F. Hill; 7. Classical costume in Shakespearian productions W. M. Merchant; 8. Shakespeare’s use of a gallery over the stage Richard Hosley; 9. Lear’s questions Winifred M. T. Nowottny; 10. ‘Egregiously an Ass’: the dark side of the Moor Albert Gerald; 11. Shakespeare in schools J. H. Walter; 12. Shakespeare festival, Toronto, Canada Earle Grey; 13. International notes; 14. Shakespeare productions in the United Kingdom: 1955; 15. Drams of Eale, a review of recent productions Richard David; 16. The year’s contributions to Shakespearian study Kenneth Muir, R. A. Foakes and James G. McManaway; Books received; Index.