num_pages: 250
description: This New Casebook offers a selection of contemporary readings of Shakespeare's "problem plays", All's Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure, and Troilus and Cressida, reflecting the diversity of late twentieth-century theory and the controversy that continues to be generated by these plays. Issues discussed include the meaning of the term "problem play," their historical context, political and cultural significance, and issues of staging and theater history.
language: English
title: shakespeares-problem-plays
titlecomplete: shakespeares-problem-plays
ratings_count: 6
publisher: Palgrave Macmillan