SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY BY A.C. BRADLEY CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION LECTURE I. 5 THE SUBSTANCE OF SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY LECTURE II. 40 CONSTRUCTION IN SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGEDIES LECTURE III. 79 SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGIC PERIOD -- HAMLET LECTURE IV. 129 HAMLET LECTURE V. 175 OTHELLO LECTURE VI. 207 OTHELLO LECTURE VII. 243 KING LEAR LECTURE VIII. 280 KING LEAR LECTURE IX. 331 MACBETH LECTURE X. 366 MACBETH NOTE   A.  Events before the opening of the action in Hamlet 401 NOTE  B.  Where was Hamlet before his father's death? 403 NOTE  C.  Hamlet's age 407 NOTE  D.  'My tables -- meet it is I set it down' 409 NOTE  E.  The Ghost in the cellarage 412 NOTE  F.  The Player's speech in Hamlet 413 NOTE  G.  Hamlet's apology to Laertes 420 NOTE  H.  The exchange of rapiers 422 NOTE  I.  The duration of the action in Othello 423 NOTE  J.  The 'additions' in the Folio text of Othello.  The Pontic sea 429 NOTE  K.  Othello's courtship 432 NOTE  L.  Othello in the Temptation scene 434 NOTE  M.  Questions as to Othello, iv. i. 435 NOTE  N.  Two passages in the last scene of Othello 437 NOTE  O.  Othello on Desdemona's last words 438 NOTE  P.  Did Emilia suspect Iago? 439 NOTE  Q.  Iago's suspicion regarding Cassio and Emilia 441 NOTE  R.  Reminiscences of Othello in King Lear 441 NOTE  S.  King Lear and Timon of Athens 443 NOTE  T.  Did Shakespeare shorten King Lear? 445 NOTE  U.  Movements of the dramatis personae in King Lear, II. 448 NOTE  V.  Suspected interpolations in King Lear 450 NOTE  W.  The staging of the scene of Lear's reunion with Cordelia 453 NOTE  X.  The Battle in King Lear 456 NOTE  Y.  Some difficult passages in King Lear 458 NOTE  Z.  Suspected interpolations in Macbeth 466 NOTE  AA.  Has Macbeth been abridged? 467 NOTE  BB.  The date of Macbeth. Metrical Tests 470 NOTE  CC.  When was the murder of Duncan first plotted? 480 NOTE  DD.  Did Lady Macbeth really faint? 484 NOTE  EE.  Duration of the action in Macbeth. Macbeth's age. 'He has not children' 486 NOTE  FF.  The Ghost of Banquo 492       INDEX 494