Shakespeare Studies & Criticism

The 72nd in the annual series of volumes devoted to Shakespeare study and production. The articles are drawn from the programme of the Internationa...

How did Shakespeare's plays sound when they were originally performed? How can we know, and could the original pronunciation ever be recreated? For...

This study grows out of the intersection of two realms of scholarly investigation - the emerging public sphere in early modern England and the hist...

This revised edition preserves the play text as it was edited by Marvin Spevack for the 1988 first edition. Jeremy Lopez's new introduction provide...

Shakespeare was easily the most inventive writer using the English language. His plays give us intricacies of vocabulary and usage that have enrich...

Shakespeare Survey is a yearbook of Shakespeare studies and production. Since 1948, the Survey has published the best international scholarship in ...

A key volume for Shakespeare, African theatre and postcolonial cultural scholars, promoting debate on the role of Western cultural icons in contemp...

The Philosopher's English King offers a close reading of the Henriad, presenting Shakespeare's teaching on political authority and contributing to ...

The Sixties, Center Stage offers rich insights into the innovative and provocative political underpinnings of mainstream and popular performances i...

The Media Players: Shakespeare, Middleton, Jonson, and the Idea of News builds a case for the central, formative function of Shakespeares theater i...

This engaging and fresh biography begins by examining how Shakespeares life turns into myth so comfortably as to seduce even the most sceptical sc...

How to Do Things with Dead People studies human contrivances for representing and relating to the dead. Alice Dailey takes as her principal objects...

Shakespeares adolescents examines the varied representation of adolescent characters in Shakespeares plays. Using early modern medical knowledge an...

The works of Shakespeare have become staples of literature. They are everywhere, from our early schooling to the lecture rooms of academia, from cl...

This book provides actors, directors, teachers and students with a clear, practical guide to applying the work of influential theatre practitioner ...

King Lear exists in two different texts: the Quarto (1608) and the Folio (1623). Because each supplies passages missing in the other, for over 200 ...

A study of Shakespeares child figures in relation to their own political moment, as well as our own. Politicians are fond of saying that children a...

Examines the way that theatrical representations of chastity inform broader concerns about the commoditisation of people in early capitalismChaste ...

A detailed exploration of the significance of Hebrew Biblical stories in The Merchant of VeniceWhat happens when we consider Shakespeare's The Merc...

Shakespeare and Montaigne share a grounded, genial sense of the lived reality of human experience, as well as a surprising depth of engagement with...

Theory is valuable to the degree that it enables us to read differently: a nuanced approach shows that the most obvious interpretation is never the...

Explores the drama of proximity and co-presence in Shakespeare's playsKey FeaturesBrings together the rare pairing of philosophical ethics and perf...

Argues that Shakespeare transforms philosophies of comedy and melancholy by revising them concomitantlyIconic as Hamlet is, Shakespearean comedy sh...

Shakespeare's Villains is a close reading of Shakespeare's plays to investigate the nature of evil. Charney closely considers the way that dramatic...

Shakespeare is everywhere in contemporary media culture. This book explores the reasons for this dissemination and reassemblage. Ranging widely ove...

The book presents a systematic method of interpreting Shakespeare film adaptations based on their cinematic genres. Its approach is both scholarly ...

Shakespeare Studies is an annual peer-reviewed volume featuring the work of performance scholars, literary critics and cultural historians. The jou...