Adaptations of Shakespeare - Paperback / softback

Shakespeare's plays have been adapted or rewritten in various, often surprising, ways since the seventeenth century. This groundbreaking anthology brings together twelve theatrical adaptations of Shakespeares work from around the world and across the centuries. The plays includThe Woman's Prize or the Tamer Tamed John FletcheThe History of King Lear Nahum TatKing Stephen: A Fragment of a Tragedy John KeatThe Public (El P(blico) Federico Garcia LorcThe Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Bertolt BrechuMabatha Welcome MsomMeasure for Measure Charles MarowitHamletmachine Heiner MülleLears Daughters The Womens Theatre Group & Elaine FeinsteiDesdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief Paula VogeThis Islands Mine Philip OsmenHarlem Duet Djanet SearEach play is introduced by a concise, informative introduction with suggestions for further reading. The collection is prefaced by a detailed General Introduction, which offers an invaluable examination of issues related to