NOTE A. Events before the opening of the action in Hamlet 401

Note B. Where was Hamlet at the time of 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 no children’ 486

NOTE FF.  The Ghost of Banquo 492