本书收入莎士比亚四大喜剧《驯悍记》、《仲夏夜之梦>、《威尼斯商人》、《第十二夜》。本书不仅是剧本集，且是四大喜剧基本资料汇总。每出喜剧项下按如下结构编辑：1.本剧介绍；2.本剧演出情况；3.剧本；4.版本介绍；5.原文注释；6.剧本资源；7.参考读物。编者戴维·伯灵顿是国际著名的莎士比亚学者，芝加哥大学人类学教授、斯科特福斯曼出版公司《莎士比亚全集》编辑。

An exciting new edition of the complete works of Shakespeare with these features: Illustrated with photographs from New York Shakespeare Festival productions, vivid readable introductions for each play by noted scholar David Bevington, a lively personal foreword by Joseph Papp, an insightful essay on the play in performance, modern spelling and pronunciation, up-to-date annotated bibliographies, and convenient listing of key passages.

Foreword

Four Comedies

The Playhouse

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW

Introduction

The Taming of the Shrew in Performance

The Taming of the Shrew

Date and Text

Textual Notes

Shakespeare's Sources

Further Reading

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

Introduction

A Midsummer Night's Dream in Performance

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Date and Text

Textual Notes

Shakespeare's Sources

Further Reading

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

Introduction

The Merchant of Venice in Performance

The Merchant of Venice

Date and Text

Textual Notes

Shakespeare's Sources

Further Reading

TWELFTH NIGHT or WHAT YOU WILI

Introduction

Twelfth Night in Performance

Twelfth Night

Date and Text

textual Notes

Shakespeare's Sources

Further Reading

Memorable Lines

 The Taming of the Shrew

 A.Midsummer Night's Dream

 The Merchant of Venice

 Twelfth Night