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

Theatrical performance, suggest the contributors to this volume, can be an unpredictable, individual experience as well as a communal, institutional or cultural

Exploring Shakespeare's intellectual interest in placing both characters and audiences in a state of uncertainty, mystery, and doubt, this book interrogates the

The fourteen essays included in this collection offer a range of contributions from both new and well-established scholars to the topic of Shakespeare and perfo

Shakespeare's Culture in Modern Performance is an original study at the interface of a historicizing literary criticism and the study of modern performance. In