Series Editors' Preface; Peter Holland and Adrian Poole; Notes on Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Note on References to Shakespeare; Introduction; Daniel Albright; Chapter 1 Berlioz; Peter Bloom; Chapter 2 Verdi; Daniel Albright; Chapter 3 Individuation as Worship: Wagner and Shakespeare; David Trippett; Chapter 4 Britten as Another: Six Notes on a Mystic Writing Pad; Seth Brodsky; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index
Great Shakespeareans offers a systematic account of those figures who have had the greatest influence on the interpretation, understanding and cultural reception of Shakespeare, both nationally and internationally. In this volume, leading scholars assess the contribution of Berlioz, Verdi, Wagner and Britten to the afterlife and reception of Shakespeare and his plays. Each substantial contribution assesses the double impact of Shakespeare on the figure covered and of the figure on the understanding, interpretation and appreciation of Shakespeare, provide a sketch of their subjects intellectual
