Elizabeth of York

by Arlene Naylor Okerlund

Book Overview

This astute book examines the cultural implications of reactions to contemporary performances in which Richard II, Lear, Prospero, Bottom, Richard III, Petruchio, and Benedick were played by women. Elizabeth Klett argues that the critical uproar in the British press provoked by these performances signals a deep-seated anxiety about the status of Shakespeare within British culture. By dismissing, mocking, or railing against these women, reviewers inadvertently...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230618278
• ISBN13: 9780230618275
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.6"