BACKGROUND TO SHAKESPEARE

By  M. M. BADAWI 

    Preface

1. The Study of Shakespeare

2. Shakespeare the Man (1564-1616)

3. The Social Background of the Plays

4. Cosmology and Religion

5. The Classical Background

6. Elizabethan Stage Conditions

7. The Chronology and Sources of the Plays

    Appendix : A Note on the Histories

    Index