In this guide to the play, an experienced teacher offers you background notes on the playwright and his theatre, so different from our own, and contextualises the work in terms of its genre, structure and style. You are then taken through the play scene by scene, with teacher explanations of all you need to understand of the work's complex and subtle "subtext". Also offered are generous notes on characters, themes and critical assessments, and finally two full length A+ text responses.