TheArdenShakespeareisnownearlyonehundredyearsold.Theearliestvolumeintheseries，EdwardDowdensHamlet，waspublishedin1899.SincethentheArdenShakespearehasbecomeinternationallyrecognizedandrespected.Itisnowwidelyacknowledgedasthepre-eminentShakespeareseries，valuedbyscholars，students，actors，andthegreatvarietyofreadersalikeforitsreadableandreliabletexts，itsfullannotationsanditsrichlyinformativeintroductions.