Table of Contents

Introduction: sometime a paradox 1 Against the grain: Shakespeare and the problem of character 2 Aged customs: negotiating traditions of Shakespearean performance 3 Noble memories: playing Hamlet 4 Acting the Woman: feminist appropriations in Clamorous Voices, Conclusion: a bad epitaph

About the Author

Jonathan Holmes is lecturer in Drama at Royal Holloway, University of London. His research interests include Renaissance Drama in performance, early twentieth century systems of actor training, and poetry in performance. He has published in Shakespeare Survey, New Theatre Quarterly and Studies in Renaissance Drama. He also works as a theatre director.