Description Contents Resources Courses About the Authors Sir Sidney Lee (1859-1926) was a lifelong scholar and enthusiast of Shakespeare, but is also remembered as the 'sub-editor' recruited by Sir Leslie Stephen when he was embarking on the great project of the Dictionary of National Biography, and whose editorial and organisational skills were vital in keeping the publication programme close to its planned schedule. Lee was acknowledged as joint Editor with Stephen of Volume 21, and as sole Editor for Volumes 27 to 63. His own contributions included an account of the life of Queen Victoria...

Shakespeare's influence may be thinly spread, and the text may be subject to radical reinterpretation, but the influence of Shakespeare's work in the twenty-first century will likely more fully encircle the global community, engaging with a wider range of world views and representational possibilities.