Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I Performing Histories; Chapter One Representing Shakespeare; Chapter Two Production criticism, critical production; Part II Cycles; Chapter Three We'll meet again; Chapter Four Masters of war: The Wars of the Roses (1963–4); Chapter Five Anarchy in the UK: Henry IV (1975) and Henry VI (1977); Chapter Six Victorian values: Henry IV (1982) and The Plantagenets (1988); Part III Heroes and Villains; Chapter Seven Shakespeare through the looking-glass: Richard II (1973); Chapter Eight Playing soldiers: Henry V (1975 and 1984); Chapter Nine Murder in the cathedral: Richard III (1984); Part IV Shakespeare Bastardised; Chapter Ten Barton's Bard: the 1974 King John; Chapter Eleven All is True? The Davies-Edgar Henry VIII (1983); Chapter Twelve A bastard to the time: King John at The Other Place, 1988; Conclusion, Maria Framke;

About the Author

Robert Shaughnessy is Professor of Theatre at the University of Kent, UK.