Richard III, Troilus and Cressida, Antony and Cleopatra--these were figures of intense signification long before Shakespeare took up the task of giving them new life on the stage. And when he did, Lin
Speaking to readers in a voice that is adventurous rather than authoritative, innovative rather than institutional and speculative rather than orthodox, Linda Charnes’ provocative study of Shakespeare
"Namesake princes and presidents; stolen thrones and elections; plutocrats and insurgents; campaign trails and war-mongering, waning monarchy and imperiled democracy; and revengers, early modern and p
