Greg Doran has been described as "one of the supreme Shakespeare directors of our era" (Financial Times) and "one of the finest present day directors of Shakespeare" (Sunday Telegraph). He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company as an actor in 1987 and became its Artistic Director in 2012. He has directed and/or produced every single play in the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays at Stratford-upon-Avon. His 2012 production of Julius Caesar was described by theatre critic Michael Billington as one the ten best productions in the 60-year history of the RSC and as one of his ten best nights in the theatre ever. Doran delivered the prestigious Richard Dimbleby Lecture on BBC One in 2016. He was awarded the Sam Wanamaker Prize for pioneering work in Shakespearean theatre in 2012 and won a special Olivier Award for outstanding achievement for a season of Jacobean plays in 2002. His writing credits include the book Woza Shakespeare!, co-authored with Antony Sher.

Includes chapters on some of the less well-known plays of Shakespeare that have a much more limited performance history making it an invaluable resource

Chapter Page
Introduction 8
1 Romeo and Juliet: A Prologue 9
2 Titus Andronicus 23
3 Henry VIII, or All is True. 31
4 The Merchant of Venice 39
5 The Winter's Tale 45
6 Timon of Athens 50
7 Macbeth 55
8 As You Like It 65
9 King John 69
10 Much Ado About Nothing 75
11 The Taming of The Shrew 85
12 All's Well That Ends Well 92
13 Othello 98
14 Venus & Adonis 110
15 A Midsummer Night's Dream 116
16 Antony & Cleopatra 127
17 Merry Wives: The Musical 134
18 Coriolanus 139
19 Hamlet 144
20 Love's Labour's Lost 153
21 Twelfth Night 161
22 Julius Caesar 168
23 Richard II 176
24 Henry IV Part One 183
25 Henry IV Part Two 200
26 Henry V 203
27 King Lear 209
28 The Tempest 217
29 Troilus and Cressida 225
30 Measure for Measure 231
31 The Comedy of Errors (a lockdown chapter) 235
32 Henry VI Part One 240
33 Henry VI Part Two 249
34 Henry VI Part Three 253
35 Richard III 255
36 Cymbeline: An Epilogue 268