Shakespeare: The Tragedies

Introduction.- A Theatre for Tragedy.- Titus Andronicus: A First Tragedy.- Popular Tragedies and their Audiences.- Richard III and Richard II: Historical Tragedies.- Romeo and Juliet: An Innovative Tragedy.- From King John to Henry V: Histories and Heroes.- Julius Caesar: Unsettling an Audience.- Hamlet: Sources and Context.- Hamlet: Action and Audience.- Othello: Sexuality and Difference.- King Lear: Part One.- King Lear: Part Two.- Macbeth: Order and Imagination.- Antony and Cleopatra: A Wider View.- Coriolanus: Strength and Weakness.- Timon of Athens and Beyond Tragedy.- Notes.- Index.