W. P.

May, 1913.

ADDENDUM

An acknowledgement of permission to reprint should also have been made to the Nation, in which several of the most important of these papers originally appeared.

W. P.

Shakespeare in the Theatre


CONTENTS

PAGE
[I]
THE STAGE OF SHAKESPEARE
The Elizabethan Playhouse—The Plays and the Players[3]
[II]
THE PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE
Some Mistakes of the Editors—Some Mistakes of the Actors—The Character of Lady Macbeth—Shakespeare’sJew and Marlowe’s Christians—The Authors of “KingHenry the Eighth”—“Troilus and Cressida”[31]
[III]
SOME STAGE VERSIONS
“The Merchant of Venice”—“Romeo andJuliet”—“Hamlet”—“King Lear”[119]
[IV]
THE NATIONAL THEATRE
The Repertory Theatre—The Elizabethan Stage Society—Shakespeare at Earl’s Court—The Students’Theatre—The Memorial Scheme[193]
Index[241]