In this trenchant work, Susan Bennett examines the authority of the past in modern cultural experience and the parameters for the reproduction of the plays. She addresses these issues from both the viewpoints of literary theory and theatre studies, shifting Shakespeare out of straightforward performance studies in order to address questions about his plays and to consider them in the context of current theoretical debates on historiography, post-colonialism and canonicity.
About the AuthorSusan Bennett is Associate Professor of English at the University of Calgary. She is the author of Theatre Audiences: A Theory of Production and Reception (Routledge, 1990).
Book InformationISBN 9780415073264
Author Susan BennettFormat Paperback
Page Count 208
Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 380g