This short history of Shakespeare in global performance-from the re-opening of London theatres upon the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 to our present multi

These studies take stage history as a means of knowing the play. Half of the studies deal with casting - doubling, chorus and the crowd, the star of Hamlet and

This study examines how Shakespeare's plays have been transformed for the stage by the demands of theatrical spaces and staging conventions.

How do performances of Shakespeare change the meanings of the plays? In this controversial new book, Sarah Werner argues that the text of a Shakespeare play is

Using the tools of theatre history in their investigation into the phenomenology of the performance experience, the essays here also consider the social, ideolo