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THE OXFORD SHAKESPEARE GENERAL EDITOR STANLEY WELLS THE OXFORD SHAKESPEARE OFFERS AUTHORITATIVE TEXTS FROM LEADING SCHOLARS IN EDITIONS DESIGNED TO INTERPRET AND ILLUMINATE THE PLAYS FOR MODERN READERS - A NEW, MODERN-SPELLING TEXT, COLLATED AND EDITED FROM ALL EXISTING PRINTINGS - EXTENSIVE INTRODUCTION GIVES FULL ATTENTION TO THE PLAY'S BOLD TREATMENT OF RACIAL THEMES, GENDER, AND SOCIAL RELATIONS - DETAILED PERFORMANCE HISTORY DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THEATRE PROFESSIONALS - ON-PAGE COMMENTARY AND NOTES EXPLAIN LANGUAGE, WORD-PLAY, AND STAGING - APPENDICES ON MUSIC IN THE PLAY AND A FULL TRANSLATION OF THE ITALIAN NOVELLA FROM WHICH THE STORY DERIVES - ILLUSTRATED WITH PRODUCTION PHOTOGRAPHS AND RELATED ART - FULL INDEX TO INTRODUCTION AND COMMENTARY - DURABLE SEWN BINDING FOR LASTING USE 'NOT SIMPLY A BETTER TEXT BUT A NEW CONCEPTION OF SHAKESPEARE. THIS IS A MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY SCHOLARSHIP.'