John Jowett is Reader in Shakespeare Studies at the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham. He is a member of the editorial boards of Arden Early Modern Drama, the Malone Society, and the Oxford <i>Collected Works</i> of Thomas Middleton, and is an editor of the Oxford Shakespeare <i>Complete Works</i>. He has edited <i>Richard III</i> and <i>Timon of Athens</i> for the Oxford Shakespeare series, and has published widely on textual culture and textual theory. Current projects include an edition of <i>Sir Thomas More</i> for the Arden Shakespeare.