At last—a key that unlocks the secrets of Shakespeare’s life Intimacies with Southampton and Marlowe, entanglements in London with the elusive dark lady,...

"...that Shakespeare responded in his work to key events of his life. King Lear’s rage reflects the bard’s..."

Patsy Rodenburg presents the Actor's Bible of Shakespeare for the stage.

"...Patsy Rodenburg presents the Actor's Bible of Shakespeare for the stage.. In Speaking Shakespeare, Patsy Rodenburg tackles one of the most difficult acting jobs: speaking Shakespeare's words both as they were meant to be spoken and in an understandable and dramatic way. Rodenburg calls..."

This is a new, third edition of this pioneering work in feminist and literary criticism. When first published in 1975, Shakespeare and the Nature of Women...

"...published in 1975, Shakespeare and the Nature of Women.... This is a new, third edition of this pioneering work in feminist and literary criticism. When first published in 1975, Shakespeare and the Nature of Women inaugurated a new wave of Shakespeare scholarship, offering a sustained critique of inherited male thinking about women, theological, literary, and social issues in Shakespeare's plays..."

Graham Holderness provides a new treatment of Shakespeare's historical dramas by reviewing past sources in light of modern theory, thus redefining the world...

"...Graham Holderness provides a new treatment of Shakespeare's historical dramas by reviewing past..."