This collection of personal essays offers a reflective window into the life-long calling that is Shakespeare in the university classroom. It acknowledges the traditions in which these scholars work and the teachers who have advised and inspired them. Representing a broad range of approaches to the discipline and the profession, the essayists write about why teaching Shakespeare matters, and why they do it the way they do. Deliberately designed not to be a manual, this is a contemplative anthology of anecdotal and practical advice from experienced teachers, many of whom have been publicly honoured for their teaching. The essays are engagingly candid: reading them is like being a fly on the wall of some of the most exciting classrooms on both sides of the Atlantic. No one who teaches Shakespeare, or who is contemplating teaching it, will fail to be encouraged and instructed -- even mentored -- by the personal reflections found within this volume.