In recent years, ways of dealing with Shakespeare's texts and with the interpretation of his plays have been undergoing significant change. This edition, while retaining many of the features that have always made the Folger Shakespeare so attractive to the general reader, at the same time reflects these current ways of thinking about Shakespeare.... Current ways of looking at the plays are reflected in [the] brief introductions, in many of the commentary notes, in the annotated lists of "Further Reading," and essay written by an outstanding scholar who brings to the reader his or her ... assessment of the play in the light of today's interests and concerns. [This book] includes explanatory notes designed to help make Shakespeare's language clearer to a modern reader.