Preface Robert Shaughnessy; 1. From popular entertainment to literature Diana E. Henderson; 2. Shakespeare abbreviated Peter Holland; 3. Shakespearean stars Barbara Hodgdon; 4. Shakespeare illustrated Stephen Orgel; 5. Shakespeare: myth and biographical fiction Douglas Lanier; 6. Narration and staging in Hamlet and its afternovels Laurie Osborne; 7. Shakespeare serialised: An Age of Kings Emma Smith; 8. Musical Shakespeares: attending to Ophelia, Juliet and Desdemona Stephen M. Buhler; 9. Shakespeare overheard: performances, adaptations and citations on radio Susanne Greenhalgh; 10. Shakespeare on the tourist trail Nicola J. Watson; 11. Performing Shakespeare in digital culture W. B. Worthen; 12. Shakespeare's popular face: from the playbill to the poster Carol Chillington Rutter; Further reading.
This book offers a collection of essays on Shakespeare's life and works in popular forms and media.
Robert Shaughnessy is Professor of Theatre at the University of Kent.
'… Shakespeare and Popular Culture is a book that makes imperative reading for anyone who's remotely interested in literature, poetry, theatre, drama, the use of language, society at large and William Shakespeare's ever contagious and inexorable influence - upon all of the aforementioned and a whole lot more besides.' David Marx
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