Shakespeare
Lady Romeo: The Radical and Revolutionary Life of Charlotte Cushman, America’s First Celebrity
None For fans of Book of Ages and American Eve, this illuminating and enthralling biography of 19th-century queer actress Charlotte Cushman portrays her radical lifestyle … Read more
Poor Tom: Living “King Lear”
One of the most memorable and affecting Shakespearean characters is Edgar in King Lear. He has long been celebrated for his faithfulness in the face … Read more
‘Hamlet’ and World Cinema
‘Hamlet’ and World Cinema reveals a rich history of cinematic production extending across the globe. Making a case for Hamlet as the world’s most frequently … Read more
Take Arms Against a Sea of Troubles: The Power of the Readers Mind over a Universe of Death
The great poems, plays, novels, stories teach us how to go on living. . . . Your own mistakes, accidents, failures at otherness beat you … Read more
The Absence of America: The London Stage, 1576-1642
The Absence of America: the London Stage 1576-1642 examines why early modern drama’s response to English settlement in the New World was muted, even though … Read more
Great Shakespeare actors Burbage to Branagh
None Great Shakespeare Actors offers a series of essays on great Shakespeare actors from his time to ours, starting by asking whether Shakespeare himself was … Read more
Shakespeare and music: afterlives and borrowings
This is a study of the rich and diverse range of musical responses to Shakespeare that have taken place from the seventeenth century onwards. Written … Read more
Everybody’s Shakespeare – Reflections Chiefly on the Tragedies
Edited it for better reading. Compare it with the other file on this site. "This is a sane, hugely compassionate book that captures much of … Read more
Stay, Illusion!: the Hamlet doctrine
Praise be rashness — The gap between thought and action — The mouse-trap — Let be — Bunghole — The Gorgiastic paradox of theater — … Read more
Hamlet’s Arab journey: Shakespeare’s prince and Nasser’s ghost
Documenting how global sources and models helped nurture a distinct Arab ‘Hamlet’ tradition, this text represents a new approach to the study of international Shakespeare … Read more