Barbara Hodgdon is Adjunct Professor of English at the University of Michigan and Ellis and Nelle Levitt Distinguished Professor Emerita at Drake University. Her previous publications include "The End Crowns All: Closure and Contradiction in Shakespeare's History" (1991), "The First Part of King Henry the Fourth: Texts and Contexts" (1997), and "The Shakespeare Trade: Performances and Appropriations" (1998). She was guest editor for a special issue of "Shakespeare Quarterly" (2002) on Shakespeare films and is currently editing "The Taming of the Shrew" for the Arden 3 series.