KING LEAR 243 LECTURE VIII. KING LEAR 280 LECTURE IX. MACBETH 331 LECTURE X. MACBETH 366 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 INDEX 494 INTRODUCTION