Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-212) and index.
Contents:
Introduction / Catherine M.S. Alexander -- What is a 'late play'? / Gordon McMullan -- Blackfriars, music and masque: theatrical contexts of the last plays / David Lindley -- The literary and dramatic contexts of the last plays / Charles Moseley -- Politics, religion, geography and travel: historical contexts of the last plays / Karen Britland -- 'You speak a language that I understand not': listening to the last plays / Russ McDonald -- The winter's tale: shifts in staging and status / Patricia Tatspaugh -- Cymbeline: the afterlife / Catherine M.S. Alexander -- Literary invocations of The tempest / Virginia Mason Vaughan -- Pericles: the afterlife / Eugene Giddens -- The two noble kinsmen and King Henry VIII: the last last plays / Suzanne Gossett.
Summary:
Which plays are included under the heading 'Shakespeare's last plays', and when does Shakespeare's 'last' period begin? What is meant by a 'late play', and what are the benefits in defining plays in this way? Reflecting the recent growth of interest in late studies, and recognising the gaps in accessible scholarship on this area, leading international Shakespeare scholars address these and many other questions.-publisher description.
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