Site Progress + Other Sites – A. J. Drake's Shakespeare Site

My Home Site – CV & Other Materials
Devils to Adore – a site dedicated to the works of John Milton
Theoryocracy – 2,000+ questions on 159 literary theorists and critics in The Norton Anthology of Criticism and Theory, 3rd. ed.

Progress on My Shakespeare Site ….

The site’s Links Page (with associated separate pages) now has 1250+ hyperlinks spread across more than fifty categories. Expansion of the “criticism,” “folios & editions,” and consolidated “sources” pages account for much of the growth to date.

Guides Added Recently

I am revising commentaries as well as updating them to accord with the Norton Shakespeare 3rd edition, 4-volume genre-based set. The following symbols are used to indicate the level of revision and updating for each play listed:

** Content thoroughly revised, quotations updated, endnotes included.
* Content moderately revised, quotations updated, endnotes included.
† Content lightly revised, quotations updated; need to add endnotes.

Commentaries (Most Recent Edits Listed First)

Richard III (9-1-2025, 8-10-25) **
Henry V (9-1-2025, 9-2-24) **
2 Henry IV (8-22-2025) **
1 Henry IV (8-15-2025) **
Richard II (8-9-2025, 1-17-25) **
Timon of Athens (8-9-2025, 8-22-24) **
Romeo and Juliet (8-8-2025, 12-30-24) **
Othello (8-8-2025, 3-30-25) **
Julius Caesar (8-8-2025, 8-10-24) **
King Lear (8-8-2025, 7-29-24) **
Cymbeline (8-7-2025, 3-3-24) **
The Winter’s Tale (8-7-2025, 3-6-24) **
Pericles, Prince of Tyre (8-7-2025, 3-5-24) **
The Tempest (8-7-2025, 2-11-24) **
Coriolanus (8-7-2025, 8-30-24) **
Hamlet (8-6-2025, 6-11-24) **
Twelfth Night (8-6-2025, 10-14-24) **
Troilus and Cressida (8-5-2025, 12-20-24) **
The Taming of the Shrew (8-5-2025, 1-2-25) **
The Merchant of Venice (8-3-2025, 3-23-24) **
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (8-3-2025, 10-21-24) **
The Merry Wives of Windsor (8-3-2025, 10-3-24) **
Much Ado about Nothing (8-3-2025, 8-2-24) **
Measure for Measure (8-2-2025, 5-11-24) **
As You Like It (8-2-2025, 7-31-24) **
Love’s Labor’s Lost (8-2-2025, 9-9-24) **
The Comedy of Errors (8-2-2025, 9-18-24) **
All’s Well That Ends Well (8-1-2025, 11-2-24) **
Titus Andronicus (7-29-2025, 7-22-24) **
Macbeth (7-29-2025, 8-7-24) **
Henry VIII (9-1-2024) *
Antony and Cleopatra (8-23-2024, 5-24-24) *

I am revising question sets as well as updating them to accord with the Norton Shakespeare 3rd edition, 4-volume genre-based set. The following symbols are used to indicate the level of revision and updating for each play listed:

** Content thoroughly revised, updated to 3rd edition.
* Content moderately revised, updated to 3rd edition.
† Content lightly revised or not yet revised, but updated to 3rd edition.

Questions (Most Recent Edits Listed First)

Henry V (9-7-2025, 4-21-24) **
2 Henry IV (9-6-2025, 4-20-24) **
1 Henry IV (9-6-2025, 4-20-24) **
Richard II (9-4-2025, 4-22-24) **
Macbeth (7-29-2025, 4-22-24) **
Titus Andronicus (7-29-2025, 4-22-24) **
Hamlet (3-29-2025, 4-23-24) **
King Lear (3-20-2025, 4-22-24) **
Timon of Athens (3-14-2025, 4-22-24) **
Romeo and Juliet (3-11-2025, 4-22-24) **
Julius Caesar (2-21-2025, 4-23-24) **
Troilus and Cressida (2-14-2025, 4-19-24) **
Twelfth Night (2-1-2025, 4-19-24) **
The Merry Wives of Windsor (1-29-2025) **
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1-26-2025, 4-19-24) **
Othello (7-6-24, 5-9-24) **
The Merchant of Venice (5-20-2024) **
Richard III (5-13-2024) **
Antony and Cleopatra (5-11-2024) †
Coriolanus (5-11-2024) *
Selected Sonnets (4-22-2024) †
Cymbeline (4-22-2024) †
King John (4-22-2024) †
Henry VIII (4-21-2024) †
As You Like It (4-19-2024) †
Comedy of Errors (4-19-2024) †
Much Ado About Nothing (4-19-2024) †
The Taming of the Shrew (4-19-2024) †
Pericles, Prince of Tyre (1-25-2024) **
The Tempest (1-23-2024) **
The Winter’s Tale (1-23-2024) **
Measure for Measure (12-22-2023) **
All’s Well That Ends Well (12-11-2023) †

Last Updated on September 7, 2025 by ajd_shxpr