The world's a stage : Shakespeare and the dramatic view of life /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crosman, Robert, 1940-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bethesda, Md. : Academica Press, [2005]
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Table of Contents:
  • Shakespeare and the dramatic view of life
  • The world as stage in The taming of the shrew
  • What is the dream in A midsummer night's dream?
  • 'I shall henceforth be myself' : Henry V, king of players or royal hypocrite?
  • Rosalind as player-playwright in As you like it
  • Tonight we improvise : Hamlet and the limits of playing
  • If I ruled the world : Duke Vincentio plays God in Measure for measure
  • Shakespeare's goodbye to the stage : The tempest and its afterlife
  • Shakespeare's final ambiguity : the world is and is not a stage.