King Edward III

King Edward III is increasingly thought to have been written in significant part by Shakespeare. This landmark new edition by textual expert and General Editor of the Arden Shakespeare, Richard Proudfoot, offers a full account of the play’s text and the evidence of Shakespeare’s hand at work in it. Fully annotated with on-page notes and a lengthy critical introduction which also explores the play’s production history and the impact of its historical context.

Author Biography

Richard Proudfoot served as Senior General Editor of the Arden Shakespeare for 35 years, until his retirement from King’s in 1999. In 2001 The Arden Shakespeare published Proudfoot’s Shakespeare: Text, Stage and Canon a critical overview of the scholarly achievements made in the field of Shakespeare studies by the end of the twentieth century.

Having graduated from King’s College, London, Nicola Bennett went on to train at the Webster Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, after which she worked for several years in the theatre. She now works in publishing, primarily as a freelance copy-editor. Her publications include the Globe quarto edition of The Merry Devil of Edmonton (2000).