Shakespeare's Letters shows how and why Shakespeare put letters on stage in virtually all of his plays. Showing the very different uses to which letters were put in Shakespeare's time, this book throws new light on some of his most familiar dramas....
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Shakespeare's Letters shows how and why Shakespeare put letters on stage in virtually all of his plays. Showing the very different uses to which letters were put in Shakespeare's time, this book throws new light on some of his most familiar dramas. Includes new readings of Hamlet , King Lear , and The Merchant of Venice . - ;Shakespeare's plays are stuffed with letters - 111 appear on stage in all but five of his dramas. But for modern actors, directors, and critics they are frequently an awkward embarrassment. Alan Stewart shows how and why Shakespeare put letters on stage in virtually all of
Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-392) and index
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CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; Introduction: Searching for Shakespeare's Letters; 1. The Materiality of Shakespeare's Letters; 2. Shakespeare's Roman Letters; 3. Shakespeare and the Carriers; 4. Shakespeare is Shylock: Letters of Credit in The Merchant of Venice; 5. The Matter of Messengers in King Lear; 6. Lovers' Lines: Letters to Ophelia; 7. Rewriting Hamlet; Postscript; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
