Radical Shakespeare
Subtitle: politics and stagecraft in the early career
By: Chris Fitter
Series: Routledge studies in Shakespeare -- 6; Routledge studies in Shakespeare -- 6.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780415897938
Subjects: Radicalism in literature; Political and social views; Dramatic production
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-324) and index.
Table of contents: title: Historical foundations: the black nineties and the Tudor richesse of political dissidence; title: Theatrical foundations: performance criticism and transgressive overdetermination; title: 2 Henry VI: Jack Cade, the hacket rising, and Shakespeare's vision of popular rebellion; title: 2 Henry VI: contexts and allusion; title: 2 Henry VI: political stagecraft; title: Carnival dynamics and The taming of the shrew; title: Romeo & Juliet: 'The quarrel is between our masters and us their men': dearth, class, and the London riots; title: As you like it: political topicality; title: 'Betrayed to every modern censure': As you like it and vestry values; title: As you like it: dysresolution, sexual politics, and the public sphere; title: Conclusions.