Some useful resources:
Callaghan, Dympna. Shakespeare without women : representing gender and race on the Renaissance stage. New York: Routledge, 2000.
Korda, Natasha. Shakespeare's domestic economies : gender and property in early modern England. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002.
Montrose, Louis. The Purpose of Playing: Shakespeare and the Cultural Politics of the Elizabethan Theatre. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.
As you read the plays this semester I want you to ask yourself the questions below. You should keep a little journal for these responses to see how, if at all, your response to Shakespeare changes throughout the semester.
We will talk about your responses in the first 15 minutes of each class. These are general questions and can be adapted as you see fit. You should write your answers down so that you can use them later when you write your essays.
How do the changed modes of presentation contribute to, and indeed arise out of, changed perceptions of the Shakespeare-text?
How does this play work?
What do the performances we watch with modern actors have to say about the original 16th or 17th century text? Is it fair to the text?
Is this play relevant?
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