Discover all of Shakespeare’s plays, poems and sonnets with The Arden Shakespeare Fourth Series, launching in May 2026. Each volume is edited from a specific text or performance by leading scholars who share new insights into performance, gender, sexuality and race. In every edition you’ll find an illustrated critical introduction discussing textual, cultural and performance history, on-page explanatory notes and an improved page layout with a clear font and single-column notes.

Whether you’re studying, teaching, researching, performing or making theatre with Shakespeare’s works today, each edition in The Arden Shakespeare Fourth Series contains everything you need to know.