Shakespeare' s career as dramatist before 1603 (including Hamlet). Study of history plays, comedies, and tragedies. Requirements: several in class essays and two exams. Text: Bevington's 6th edition of the Complete Works of Shakespeare. If you cannot afford the $90+ to buy a new one, go on line to find an earlier, cheaper edition. The text will be the same, only the introductions vary from edition to edition. The fourth edition, for example, has been selling on line for as cheap as $2.50 + shipping.