Alden T. Vaughan is an Affiliate Professor at Clark University, USA and a Professor Emeritus at Columbia University, USA. He is co-editor of the Arden Third Series edition of The Tempest. Virginia Mason Vaughan is Professor Emerita and Research Professor at Clark University, USA. She is a leading international expert on The Tempest, and co-editor of the Arden Third Series edition of the play.

• List of Illustrations Series Introduction Notes on Contributors Timeline Introduction (Alden T. Vaughan, Columbia University, USA, Clark University, USA)1 The Critical Backstory: ‘What’s Past is Prologue’ (Virginia Mason Vaughan, Clark University, USA)2 A Theatre of Attraction: Colonialism, Gender, and The Tempest’s Performance History (Eckart Voigts, TU Braunschweig, Germany) 3 Recent Perspectives on The Tempest (Brinda Charry, Keene State College, USA)4 New Directions: Sources and Creativity in The Tempest (Andrew Gurr, University of Reading, UK) 5 New Directions: Commedia dell’Arte, The Tempest, and Transnational Criticism (Helen M. Whall, College of the Holy Cross, USA)6 New Directions: ‘He needs will be Absolute Milan’: The Political Thought of The Tempest(Jeffrey A. Rufo, Rutgers University, USA) 7 New Directions: Shakespeare’s Revolution – The Tempest as Scientific Romance (Scott Maisano, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA) 8 ‘volumes that / I prize’: Resources for Studying and Teaching The Tempest (Nathaniel Amos Rothschild, St Thomas Aquinas College, USA)Notes Select Bibliography Index