Volume 1. Shakespeare's World, 1500

1660 : Part I. Mapping Shakespeare's World / Introduction by Peter Whitfield

Part II. Theater / Introduction by Andrew Gurr

Part III. Language / Introduction by David Crystal

Part IV. Science and Technology / Introduction by Pamela Long

Part V. Printing, Publishing, Textuality / Introduction by John Jowett

Part VI. Visual Arts / Introduction by Alexander Marr

Part VII. Popular Culture / Introduction by Mary Ellen Lamb

Part VIII. High Culture / Introduction by Malcolm Smuts

Part IX. England 1560

1650 / Introduction by James A. Sharpe

Part X. Religion / Introduction by Lori Anne Ferrell

Part XI. Medicine / Introduction by Mary Fissell

Part XII. The Historical William Shakespeare / Peter Holland

Part XIII. Shakespeare's Fellows / Introduction by Stanley Wells

Part XIV. Shakespeare's Early Reception (to 1660) / Introduction by Charles Whitney

Volume 2. The World's Shakespeare, 1660

Present : Part XV. International Encounters / Introduction by Ton Hoenselaars

Part XVI. Making the Scene / Introduction by Bruce R. Smith

Part XVII. Shakespeare as a Cultural Icon / Introduction by Jyotsna Singh

Part XVIII. Shakespeare and Popular Culture / Introduction by Doug Lanier

Part XIX. Translation / Introduction by Dirk Delabastita

Part XX. Changing Technologies of Stage Performance / Introduction by Shoichiro Kawai

Part XXI. Audiences / Introduction by Lori Newcomb

Part XXII. Production History / Introduction by Joseph Roach

Part XXIII. Printing and Reception History / Introduction by Andrew Murphy

Part XXIV. Shakespeare and the Book / Introduction by Georgianna Ziegler

Part XXV. Shakespeare and the Critics / Introduction by Lars Engle

Part XXVI. Shakespeare and the Performing Arts / Introduction by Solange Ribeiro de Oliveira

Part XXVII. Shakespeare and the Visual Arts / Introduction by Stuart Sillars

Part XXVIII. Shakespeare and Media History / Introduction by Katherine Rowe.

Volume I. Shakespeare's world, 1500-1660

volume II. The world's Shakespeare, 1660-present.