SHAKESPEAREAN PERFORMANCE New Studies

Shakespearean Performance: New Studies contains ten essays in Shakespearean performance scholarship, plus an introduction by the editor. They are papers presented at Drew University by some of the best Shakespearean scholars in the field: Andrew Gurr, Jean Howard, Arthur Kinney, Harry Keyishian, Russell Jackson, Corey Abate, Cary Mazer, Milla Riggio, Ralph Berry, and James Bulman. The essays cover such areas as the new Globe playhouse, the staging of certain plays, the film versions of several plays, cross-dressing, and the play-within-the-play, as well as other areas of interest to students of Shakespearean performance. The ten essays collected together here are all in the field of Shakespearean performance studies. They represent the areas of stage history, performance structure, Shakespeare on film, the physical playhouse, the phenomenon of cross-dressing, and cultural history reflected in stage direction.