The Edinburgh Companion to Shakespeare and the Arts

Shakespeare's far‐reaching influence in the arts past and present is the subject of this collection of 30 essays. The editors do not claim to be exhaustive but their contributors cover a huge amount of ground chronologically and thematically. Shakespeare has “cultural authority”, they justifiably say, and is distinctive “as a measure of global value”. The Companion is divided into six differing but complementary sections. It logically begins with textual matters, including means of production, poetry and anthologies. The second section explores music in the plays and in the work of various composers. From there, we proceed to the stage and...