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List of Shakespearean settings

This is a list of the settings of Shakespeare's plays. Included are the settings of 38 plays, being the 36 plays contained in the First Folio, and Pericles, Prince of Tyre and The Two Noble Kinsmen.

Places mentioned in Shakespeare's text are not listed unless he explicitly set at least one scene there, even where that place is important to the plot such as Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors or Milan in The Tempest. Similarly, the place where an historical or mythical event depicted by Shakespeare is supposed to have happened is not listed unless Shakespeare mentions the setting in the play's text, although these places are sometimes mentioned in the text or footnotes. For example, most editors place act 3 scene 2 of Julius Caesar ("Friends, Romans, countrymen...") at "the Forum" but there is no listing for the Forum on this page because Shakespeare's text does not specify it.

Contents: <br> Nations, cities and towns:<br> A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | V | W | Y <br>Less-specific settings <br>More-specific settings <br>Wars and battles<br>Settings by scene <br>References

Nations, cities and towns

A

B

  • Barnet in England is the site of the Battle of Barnet, at which Warwick died, and which is dramatized in Henry VI, Part 3.
  • Belmont is a fictional estate some twenty miles from Venice, Italy: the home of Portia and her household, and the setting of the "casket" scenes, and of the play's conclusion, in The Merchant of Venice.
  • For Berkeley see "Berkeley Castle" under more-specific settings below.
  • For Berwick see the "England" entry for Henry VI, Part 3.
  • Bohemia, the landlocked modern-day Czechia, is, in The Winter's Tale, a coastal kingdom of which Polixenes is the king. It is the setting of the end of Act 3 and the whole of the long act 4.
  • Bordeaux in France is the setting of the defeat of Talbot, and of the deaths of him and his son John, in Henry VI, Part 1. In two related parallel scenes without specific locations, York and his army, then Somerset and his army, fail to send reinforcements to Talbot.
  • For Bosnia and Herzegovina see "Illyria".
  • Bosworth in England, site of the battle of Bosworth Field, including the camps of both armies, and the tents of the leaders Richmond and Richard, are the settings of the climactic scenes of Richard III.
  • For Bristol see "Bristol Castle" under more-specific settings below.
  • Britain:
  • See also "England", "Scotland" and "Wales".
  • Britain in the Roman era is the primary setting of Cymbeline. Shakespeare does not locate King Cymbeline's court any more precisely.
  • Britain in the pre-Christian era is the only setting of King Lear. In the world of the play the only location specified is Dover. The other significant settings (the homes of Lear, of Goneril and Albany, and of Gloucester, and the various outdoor settings) are not identified any more specifically.
  • For Bury St Edmunds see "St Edmundsbury".

C

  • Corioli (typically spelled Corioles in the First Folio) in modern-day Italy, although its precise location is unknown - and the battlefield and the trenches of the Romans attacking it - are the settings of the scenes in which Caius Martius earns the honorary name "Coriolanus", in Coriolanus.
  • Coventry:
  • Coventry in England is the setting of the lists at which Mowbray and Bolingbroke are scheduled to fight in Richard II.
  • Near Coventry, in England, Falstaff delivers a soliloquy about his abuse of the King's press, in Henry IV, Part 1.
  • Coventry in England is the setting of Clarence's defection back to Edward's party, in Henry VI, Part 3.
  • For Croatia see "Illyria".
  • Cyprus is the setting of the last four acts of Othello. No specific town or city within Cyprus is mentioned.
  • For Czechia see "Bohemia".

D

  • For Denmark see "Elsinore".
  • Dover in England and various places in its vicinity, including the camps of the French and British armies nearby, are settings in the latter half of King Lear.

E

  • For Egypt see "Alexandria" and, under more-specific settings below, "Cleopatra's Monument".
  • Elsinore:
  • See also "Graveyard" under less-specific settings, below.
  • Elsinore (i.e. Helsingør in Denmark), particularly its castle and its environs, are the only settings of Hamlet. The only scenes outside the castle are one on the Danish coast (act 4 scene 4) where Hamlet sees the Norwegian forces, and one set in a graveyard (act 5 scene 1).
  • England:
  • See also "Barnet", "Bosworth", "Coventry", "Dover", "London", "Rochester", "Salisbury", "Shrewsbury", "Southampton", "St Albans", "St Edmundsbury", "Tewkesbury", "Wakefield", "Windsor" and "York", and, under less-specific settings, below, "Castle", and, under more-specific settings below, "Baynard's Castle", "Blackfriars", "Eastcheap", "Ely House", "Forest of Arden", "Gad's Hill", "Garter Inn", "Gaultree Forest", "Gloucestershire", "Herne's Oak" "Kenilworth Castle", "Kimbolton Castle", "Pomfret Castle" "Southwark", "Swinstead Abbey" "Temple Garden", "Tower of London" "Westminster Palace" and "York Place".
  • See also "English Court" under more-specific settings below.
  • The frame story of The Taming of the Shrew (i.e. the two scenes of the "Induction" and a short exchange at the end of act 1 scene 1), in which the drunken tinker Christopher Sly is persuaded he is a lord and is invited to watch a play, has no specified setting, but appears to be in England since Sly claims to be from Burton Heath, Warwickshire, and to know a "fat alewife of Wincot".
  • England, probably at the court of Edward the Confessor, is the setting of a lengthy scene in which Malcolm tests Macduff's loyalty, and then Macduff learns of the murder of his family, in Macbeth.
  • England, somewhere near the border by Berwick (which was, at the time the play is set, in Scotland), King Henry visits his former dominions, and is captured by two keepers, in Henry VI, Part 3.
  • "England" is the only location given in a stage direction in Henry VI, Part 3, presumably to clarify the location since the scene (act 4 scene 2) includes French soldiers. Neither it nor the following scene, in which Warwick's powers overcome Edward's guards at his tent and take him prisoner, is given any more specific location.
  • Ephesus:
  • See also "Diana's Temple at Ephesus" under more-specific settings, below.
  • Ephesus, in modern-day Turkey, but in the play a city state governed by a Duke, is the only setting of The Comedy of Errors.
  • Ephesus, in modern-day Turkey, is the scene of Thaisa's rescue by Cerimon, and later of Thaisa's reconciliation with Pericles at Diana's temple, in Pericles.

F

  • Fife in Scotland is the home of Lady Macduff and her children, and the setting of their murders in act 4 scene 2 of Macbeth.
  • For Flint see "Flint Castle" under more-specific settings below.
  • Florence, in modern-day Italy but in the play an independent state governed by a duke, is the place to which Bertram runs away to take part in the Tuscan Wars, in All's Well That Ends Well, and is the setting of the gulling of Paroles, and of the bed-trick played upon Bertram by Helen and Diana.
  • Forres in Scotland is the site of Duncan's court in the early part of Macbeth.
  • France:
  • See also "Angiers", "Bordeaux", "Harfleur", "Marseille", "Orleans", "Paris", "Rouen", "Roussillon" and, under less-specific settings, below, "Battlefield" and "Castle", and, under more-specific settings below, "Agincourt", "Auvergne", "Forest of Arden" and "French Court".
  • France is the location of As You Like It. The location of the scenes in Duke Frederick's court, and at Oliver's house, are not specified any more accurately.
  • France is the location of most of the last four acts of Henry V. Some scenes are not located more specifically, but occur on the march between Harfleur and Calais.

G

  • For Greece see "Actium", "Athens", "Mytilene", "Philippi" and "Thebes".

H

I

K

L

  • For Libya see "Pentapolis".

M

N

O

P

R

  • Rochester:
  • See also "Gad's Hill" under more-specific settings below.
  • Rochester in Kent, England, is the setting of a scene in an inn yard in Henry IV, Part 1 in which the Gad's Hill robbery is planned.
  • Rome:
  • See also "Capitol" under more-specific settings and "Forest" under less-specific settings, below.
  • Rome in modern-day Italy is the secondary setting of Antony and Cleopatra, contrasted throughout the play with Alexandria.
  • Rome in modern-day Italy, and later in the play the camp of the Volscian army threatening it, are the primary settings of Coriolanus.
  • Rome in modern-day Italy is the site of the home of Philario, where Posthumus encounters Iachimo and wagers upon Innogen's loyalty, and also the setting of a short scene between two senators and a tribune at the end of act 3, of Cymbeline.
  • Rome in modern-day Italy is the settling of the whole of the first three acts of Julius Caesar.
  • Rome in modern-day Italy, together with a forest outside it, and the camp of the Goths led by Lucius preparing to attack it, are the only settings of Titus Andronicus.
  • Rouen:
  • See also "French Court" under more-specific settings below.
  • Rouen in France is captured by Joan and the French, then recaptured by Talbot and the English, in Henry VI, Part 1, and is the site of the Duke of Burgundy's defection to the French side; and later is the scene of Joan's execution at the stake.
  • Roussillon in France, of which Bertram is the young Count, is a setting of several episodes in All's Well That Ends Well, including its beginning and ending.

S

T

V

W

  • Wakefield in England is the site of the Battle of Wakefield, dramatized in Henry VI, Part 3, in which young Rutland, and later his father the Duke of York, are killed by Clifford and the Queen.
  • Wales:
  • See also "Milford Haven" and, under more-specific settings below, "Flint Castle".
  • Wales is the setting of two related scenes in Richard II. In the first, which is given no more specific location, the Earl of Salisbury is abandoned by the king's Welsh forces. The related scene of King Richard's return from Ireland to discover he has no military support is, in the text, set near "Barkloughly Castle", which means Harlech Castle.
  • Wales, without being specified more accurately in the text, is the location of Glendower's court, where the rebels - Glendower, Mortimer, Worcester and Hotspur - meet to plan the division of the kingdom, in Henry IV, Part 1.
  • Windsor
  • See also, under more-specific settings below, "The Garter Inn" and "Herne's Oak".
  • Windsor in England and its environs are the only setting of The Merry Wives of Windsor.

Y

Less-specific settings

  • Battlefield:
  • For specific battlefields, see the entry for the place after which the battle is named.
  • An unnamed battlefield is the setting of a supernatural scene in which Joan communes with fiends, in Henry VI, Part 1, followed by her capture, and then Suffolk captures Margaret. Historically, Joan was captured at Compiègne in France, and Suffolk's capture of Margaret is unhistorical.
  • Castle:
  • For specific castles identified by Shakespeare, see more-specific settings below.
  • A castle somewhere in England is the setting of the death of Arthur in King John. There is an internal scene in which Arthur persuades Hubert not to kill him, and an external scene in which Arthur dies in trying to escape, and his body is discovered. Shakespeare gives no indication which castle is intended: speculation has included Northampton, Dover, Canterbury or the Tower of London. Historically, Arthur was not held in England at all, but at Rouen Castle in France.
  • In Henry IV, several scenes (act 2 scene 3 of Part 1, and act 1 scene 1 and act 2 scene 3 of Part 2) are set at the castles which are the homes of Hotspur and Northumberland, without the location being specified other than being described by Rumour as "this worm-eaten hole of ragged stone". Historically in both cases this would have been Warkworth Castle.
  • In Henry VI, Part 3, a scene is set at "your Castle", near Wakefield: meaning York's. Historically, that was Sandal Castle.
  • Forest:
  • Where a setting is a named forest which exists in the real world, it is listed instead under more-specific settings below.
  • A forest outside Athens is the primary location of the middle three acts of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
  • A forest outside Athens - featuring the mouth of a cave in which Timon is dwelling - is the setting of much of the last two acts of Timon of Athens.
  • A forest outside Athens is the setting of the middle act of The Two Noble Kinsmen.
  • A forest outside Milan is the home of the outlaws of whom Valentine becomes the leader in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, and is the setting of the play's climax.
  • A forest near Rome is the setting of the second act of Titus Andronicus, comprising the murder of Bassianus and the framing of Titus' sons for it, and of the rape and mutilation of Lavinia.
  • Gaol:
  • An unspecified gaol is the setting of the (unhistorical) meeting of York with Mortimer in Henry VI, Part 1.
  • Graveyard:
  • A graveyard near Elsinore is the setting of the "Alas, poor Yorick" sequence, and of the funeral of Ophelia, in act 5 scene 1 of Hamlet.
  • Island:
  • An unnamed remote island is the setting of the whole of The Tempest except for the opening storm scene at sea.
  • Park:
  • A park, where Edward is out hunting accompanied by his captors, is the setting of the rescue of Edward by Richard and his followers, in Henry VI, Part 3. The only textual hint to its location is that Edward is the prisoner of the Bishop of York. Historically, Edward was held at Middleham Castle, in Yorkshire.
  • Road:
  • The road from Verona to Padua is the setting of the "How bright and goodly shines the moon!" scene of The Taming of the Shrew.
  • The Road from Rome to Antium may be the setting of a scene in Coriolanus.
  • The road to the Tower of London is the setting of the final parting of Queen Isabel and King Richard, in Richard II.
  • The road to Westminster Abbey, for the coronation of Henry V, is the setting of the climax - with the final rejection of Falstaff - of Henry IV, Part 2.
  • On a march sometime after the Battle of Wakefield the three sons of York witness the vision of the three suns in the sky, learn the details of their father's death, and meet Warwick who gives them the bad news of the outcome of the second battle of St Albans, in Henry VI, Part 3.
  • A street in London is the setting of several scenes in Henry VIII, in which some gentlemen meet to discuss the affairs of the day, and in one case to witness the coronation procession of Anne Bullen.
  • Ship:
  • Pericles' ship, on its voyage around the Mediterranean, is the setting of various scenes in Pericles.
  • A ship threatened by a storm on a voyage from Tunis to Naples is the setting of the opening scene of The Tempest.

More-specific settings

Locations identified as being in or around the home of a specific character are not listed, including where that home is a "castle", "cave" or "cell". Similarly, the "court" of any character who is a ruler is not listed unless Shakespeare gives it a specific location. Also not listed are generic locations such as "abbey", "brothel", "mart", "palace", "prison", "seashore" or "street", nor buildings given fictional names such as "the Porpentine", "the Phoenix" and others in The Comedy of Errors or "the Elephant" in Twelfth Night.

Military camps are not listed separately, and where relevant are mentioned under the name of the city being besieged or the place after which the battle is named.

Many Shakespearean characters are named after places: usually because they are known by their noble title rather than their actual name. This list does not assume that the homes of those characters are in that place unless Shakespeare's text explicitly places them there: even where that was true of the historical person upon whom the character is based. For example, there is no listing on this page for Gloucester in England (although see "Gloucestershire" below) even though there are characters usually described as Gloucester in King Lear, Henry IV (Part 2), Henry V, all three parts of Henry VI, and Richard III, and some scenes are set at their homes.

  • Agincourt (i.e. Azincourt in France) the site of the Battle of Agincourt, and the camps of the French and English soldiers, are the settings of the main episode of Henry V including Henry's decisive victory.
  • For Arden or Ardennes see "Forest of Arden".
  • Auvergne in France is the setting of the Countess of Auvergne's attempt to entrap Talbot, in Henry VI, Part 1.
  • For Barkloughly Castle in Richard II, see "Wales" under nations, cities and towns above.
  • Baynard's Castle, then in London, England (not to be confused with Barnard Castle) is the setting of the Lord Mayor and citizens' plea to Richard to become king, in Richard III.
  • Berkeley Castle is the destination of a scene in which the Duke of York encounters Bolingbroke and his supporters, in Richard II.
  • Birnam Wood in Scotland is the rendezvous of the Scottish and English forces opposing Macbeth, in Macbeth. In a short scene set there, Malcolm fulfils the witches' prophecy that "Macbeth shall never vanquished be until great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill shall come against him" by ordering his soldiers to each cut down a bough from the forest and carry it before them.
  • Blackfriars in London, England, is the setting of the trial of Queen Katherine in Henry VIII, and of the subsequent scene (historically at the adjoining Bridewell Palace) in which Katherine and her women commune with Wolsey and Campeius.
  • For Boar's Head see "Eastcheap".
  • Bristol Castle is the scene of the condemnation and deaths of Bushy and Green in Richard II.
  • Capitol:
  • Peter Holland, referring to Shakespeare's plays set in Ancient Rome, says: "Shakespeare appears to have assumed that the Capitol was the seat of the Senate but it was properly, to be pedantic, the temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill while the Senate met near the Forum."
  • The Capitol in Rome in present-day Italy is where Coriolanus stands for the role of Consul, in Coriolanus.
  • The Capitol in Rome in present-day Italy is the setting of the murder of Caesar in Julius Caesar.
  • Cleopatra's Monument in Alexandria, Egypt, is the setting of the climax of Antony and Cleopatra, including the deaths of both title characters.
  • Diana's Temple at Ephesus is the scene of the climax of Pericles, the reconciliation of Pericles and Thaisa.
  • Dunsinane Hill in Scotland is fortified by Macbeth, and is the site of his final battle and death, in Macbeth.
  • Eastcheap in London, England, is the location of a tavern frequented by Falstaff, Hal and their companions in Henry IV part 1 and part 2. It is often labelled "The Boar's Head" after a real inn in Eastcheap, although that name is never used by Shakespeare. The context suggests that the scenes surrounding Falstaff's death in Henry V happen in the same location.
  • Ely House in Holborn, London, England, is the setting of John of Gaunt's "This sceptred isle" speech, and his death, in Richard II.
  • English Court. Many scenes in the English history plays are set at the English court, without the king's palace being named. The main seats of the court in Shakespeare's time (Greenwich, Hampton Court and Whitehall) had not been built at the time of the Wars of the Roses, so in most cases the court, historically, would have met at the Tower of London, although Richmond was favoured by Richard II. Windsor was a day's journey from London, and several events dramatized by Shakespeare happened at Westminster.
  • Flint Castle in Wales is the setting of Richard's surrender to Bolingbroke in Richard II.
  • The Forest of Arden is the setting of the whole play As You Like It, other than the court scenes and those set at Oliver's house. Since the play is set in France it may represent the Ardennes Forest, or equally for its original audiences, the Forest of Arden in Warwickshire, England, Shakespeare's home county.
  • French Court: Similarly to the English court, Shakespeare sometimes places scenes in the French court, without giving its location.
  • Gad's Hill, now part of Higham, near Rochester, in Kent, England, is the setting of a robbery committed by Falstaff and his followers, and then of another robbery committed upon them by Poins and Hal, in Henry IV, Part 1.
  • The Garter Inn is the lodging of Sir John Falstaff, and as such the setting of many scenes in The Merry Wives of Windsor.
  • Gaultree Forest, England, is the setting of an episode separate from the main plot of Henry IV, Part 2 which takes up much of its fourth act.
  • Gloucestershire:
  • Gloucestershire, a county in England, on the route to Berkeley Castle, is the setting of a scene between Bolingbroke and his supporters in Richard II.
  • Gloucestershire, a county in England, without any specific town or city being specified, is the home of Justice Shallow and the setting of several rural scenes in Henry IV, Part 2.
  • For Harlech Castle see "Wales" under nations, cities and towns above.
  • Herne's Oak, a tree in Windsor Park, is the meeting place for the final humiliation of Falstaff, and the setting of the climax of The Merry Wives of Windsor.
  • Ilium, the royal palace of Troy in present-day Turkey, is the setting of most scenes set within Troy's walls in Troilus and Cressida: Ilium, Ilion or Ilyion are also alternative names for the city of Troy, named after its founder Ilus.
  • For Jerusalem Chamber see "Westminster Palace" below.
  • Kenilworth Castle in England is where Henry learns of the defeat of Cade, and then of the threat from York, in Henry VI, Part 2.
  • Kimbolton Castle in England is the home of the divorced queen Katherine in Henry VIII.
  • For Kent see "London and Kent" under "London" above.
  • Pomfret Castle:
  • Pomfret Castle (i.e. Pontefract Castle in England) is the setting of the killing of King Richard by Piers of Exton in Richard II.
  • Pomfret Castle (i.e. Pontefract Castle in England) is the setting of the execution of Rivers, Grey and Vaughan in Richard III.
  • Pompey:
  • Pompey's Court is a setting in Antony and Cleopatra. Its location (historically on Sicily in present-day Italy) is not specified in the text.
  • Pompey's Galley is the setting of the central "What manner o'thing is your crocodile?" scene of Antony and Cleopatra. The prior scene on land (act 2 scene 6) is not given a location in the text. In Shakespeare's sources it occurs "by the mount of Misena", which is in the vicinity of Naples in modern-day Italy.
  • For Richmond Palace see "English Court".
  • Southwark in London, England, is one of the locations of Jack Cade's rebellion in Henry VI, Part 2. See also "London and Kent" under "London" above.
  • Swinstead Abbey is an abbey in Lincolnshire, England, whose orchard is the setting of the death agonies of King John, supported by his Barons, in King John. In history, it is Swineshead Abbey that King John visited, and the confusion of Swinstead and Swineshead was common in the late-sixteenth century. Historically, the king died not there, but at the Bishop of Lincoln's Castle, Newark.
  • The Temple Garden in London, England, is the setting of the debate between York and Somerset in Henry VI, Part 1, in which the nobles each pluck a white or red rose, establishing their factions for the Wars of the Roses.
  • Tower of London:
  • See also "English Court".
  • See also "Road" under less-specific settings, above.
  • The Tower of London is the setting of the conflict between Gloucester's men in blue coats, and Winchester's men in tawny coats, in Henry VI, Part 1.
  • The Tower of London is the setting of a short scene in which Lord Scales promises to send Matthew Gough to fight Jack Cade, in Henry VI, Part 2.
  • The Tower of London is the setting of two scenes in Henry VI, Part 3. In the first, Henry is freed from captivity to join his new allies, Warwick and Clarence. In the other, the recaptured Henry is murdered in his cell by Richard.
  • The Tower of London is the setting of several scenes in Richard III including:
  • A scene in which Clarence recounts his feverish dream, and then is murdered.
  • The setting of the divided councils at which Hastings is condemned to death, and its aftermath.
  • An external scene in which Elizabeth and the other women are refused access to the princes in the Tower.
  • For Westminster Abbey see "Westminster Palace", and, under less-specific settings above, "Road".
  • Westminster Palace in London, England, is the location of the court scenes of Henry IV, Part 2, including the final confrontation and reconciliation of Henry and Hal, and the king's death. Inconsistently, the Jerusalem Chamber (where the king collapses and later dies) is in fact in Westminster Abbey.
  • For Whitehall see "York Place".
  • For Windsor Castle see "English Court".
  • For Windsor Park see "Herne's Oak".
  • York Place in London, England, is renamed Whitehall during the course of the action of Henry VIII ("Sir, you must no more call it York Place ... 'tis now the King's, and called Whitehall."). According to Shakespeare and Fletcher's source Holinshead, York Place was the venue of the feast dramatized in the first act, at which, unhistorically, the king first meets Anne Bullen.

Wars and battles

This table is a chronological list of the historical wars and battles partially dramatized by Shakespeare in the 38 plays covered by this page.

‡ Italics in the "Battle or Siege" column indicate a battle not explicitly dramatized by name, with an explanation of the reason for its inclusion in the footnotes.

The battles in All's Well That Ends Well, Cymbeline and King Lear appear to have no basis in any real indentifiable historical conflicts, and accordingly are not listed in the table.

Also not included are popular rebellions: specifically, Jack Cade's Rebellion of 1450 is dramatized by Shakespeare in act 4 of Henry VI, Part 2. Its presentation includes events drawn from the chronicles of the rebellions of Jack Straw and Wat Tyler also.

Settings by scene

This table lists each scene in the 38 plays covered by this article, and gives its location. Unlike the section "More-specific settings" above, the "specific setting" column does include the homes of particular characters, and generic non-geographical settings such as "market-place". Where the location is not specified in Shakespeare's text, the table will say "Not specified" but, where relevant, its footnote will mention the settings suggested by scholars or by Shakespeare's sources.

The early texts of neither Henry IV, Part 1 nor As You Like It contain any indications of their scenes' locations in their stage directions. In the public theatres between 1592 and 1607, continuous flow, rather than act intervals, was the performance practice. Michael Hattaway says "1 Henry VI was written for and, in my opinion, demands to be acted upon a stage which makes no attempt to create scenic illusion."

Plays on Early Modern public stages were not divided into acts and scenes, although they were at the private theatre at Blackfriars. All act and scene divisions in the table are taken from The Oxford Shakespeare - The Complete Works (second edition) but these are not consistent across all modern editions of Shakespeare's plays.

References

Notes

Footnotes

References to works by Shakespeare are to The Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works Second Edition (i.e. Jowett, Montgomery, Taylor & Wells 2005). Under its numbering system Hamlet 3.1.58 means act 3, scene 1, line 58. In plays which it presents without act divisions, such as Pericles, 1.17 means scene 1 line 17. In the case of King Lear, which the Oxford Complete Works presents in two separate versions, references are to "The Tragedy of King Lear" (the folio version) at pp.1153-1184. In Henry V, 0 in place of a scene number means the chorus to that act. "SD" references a stage direction. An "n" after a page number indicates a note on that page rather than its body text.

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