Disc 1: Lecture 1. Shakespeare then and now
Lecture 2. The nature of Shakespeare's plays
Lecture 3. Twelfth Night: Shakespearean comedy
Lecture 4. Twelfth Night: Malvolio in love
Lecture 5. The Taming of the Shrew: getting married in the 1590s
Lecture 6. The Taming of the Shrew: farce and romance.
Disc 2: Lecture 7. The Merchant of Venice: courting the heiress
Lecture 8. The Merchant of Venice: Shylock
Lecture 9. Measure for Measure: sex in society
Lecture 10. Measure for Measure: justice and comedy
Lecture 11. Richard III: Shakespearean history
Lecture 12. Richard III: the villain's career.
Disc 3: Lecture 13. Richard II: the theory of kingship
Lecture 14. Richard II: the fall of the king
Lecture 15. Henry IV: all the king's men Lecture 16. Henry IV: the life of Falstaff
Lecture 17. Henry V: the death of Falstaff
Lecture 18. Henry V: the king victorious.
Disc 4: Lecture 19. Romeo and Juliet: Shakespearean tragedy
Lecture 20. Romeo and Juliet: public violence and private bliss
Lecture 21. Troilus and Cressida: ancient epic in a new mode
Lecture 22. Troilus and Cressida: heroic aspirations
Lecture 23. Julius Caesar: the matter of Rome
Lecture 24. Julius Caesar: heroes of history.
Disc 5: Lecture 25. Hamlet: the abundance of the play
Lecture 26. Hamlet: the causes of tragedy
Lecture 27. Hamlet: the Protestant hero
Lecture 28. Othello: the design of the tragedy
Lecture 29. Othello: "O villainy!"
Lecture 30. Othello: "the noble Moor"
Disc 6: Lecture 31. King Lear: "This is the worst"
Lecture 32. King Lear: wisdom through suffering
Lecture 33. King Lear: "Then we go on"
Lecture 34. Macbeth: "Fair is foul"
Lecture 35. Macbeth: musing on murder
Lecture 36. Macbeth: "Enter two murderers"
