The Arden Shakespeare is now nearly one hundred years old.The earliest volume in the series，Edward Dowdens Hamlet，waspublished in 1899.Since then the Arden Shakespeare has becomeinternationally recognized and respected.It is now widely acknowledged as the pre-eminent Shakespeare series，valued byscholars，students，actors，and the great variety of readersalikefor its readable and reliable texts，its full annotations and its richlyinformative introductions.
