As has been noted previously, no attempt is made by Shakespeare Survey to provide either a complete bibliography of recent writings on Shakespeare or a catalogue of his plays in production. In the following pages selection has been made—chiefly from the reports of our correspondents—with the object of presenting a general picture of the Shakespearian scene and of stressing what appear to be the most interesting and noteworthy trends.

In reviewing the year's critical studies elsewhere in this volume, Professor Ellis-Fermor notes that “important volumes by Flucheèe, Reyher and Schüücking, supported by those of Kranendonk and Rubow, indicate that the continental scholarship we awaited last year is alive, and alive to some purpose”. Once more vigorously active after the long travail of the war and despite the uncertainties of the present, this continental scholarship seems likely to present us with interesting and stimulating studies in the months to come. Shakespearian studies are once again being eagerly pursued in all the universities, including those that were forced for several years to abandon their regular curricula.

Shakespeare Yearbooks and Societies

Indication of the reawakened devotion to Shakespearian studies is provided by the fact that this year has seen the establishment of a new Shakespeare Yearbook, the revival of another the progress of which was interrupted by the war, and the inauguration of a new Shakespeare Society.

With the present volume (numbered 80/81) the Shakespeare-Jahrhuch endeavours to catch up where it left off in 1944. In the bibliographies and theatrical records an attempt is made to list activities of the years immediately preceding, while substantial contributions to scholarly investigation are provided by the editor (Max Deutschbein) and by Paul Meissner.