Shakespeare's plays have been adapted or rewritten in various, often surprising, ways since the seventeenth century. This groundbreaking anthology brings together twelve theatrical adaptations of Shakespeares work from around the world and across the centuries. The plays include The Woman's Prize or the Tamer Tamed John Fletcher The History of King Lear Nahum Tate King Stephen: A Fragment of a Tragedy John Keats The Public (El P(blico) Federico Garcia Lorca The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Bertolt Brecht uMabatha Welcome Msomi Measure for Measure Charles Marowitz Hamletmachine Heiner Müller Lears Daughters The Womens Theatre Group & Elaine Feinstein Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief Paula Vogel This Islands Mine Philip Osment Harlem Duet Djanet Sears Each play is introduced by a concise, informative introduction with suggestions for further reading. The collection is prefaced by a detailed General Introduction, which offers an invaluable examination of issues related to
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'A wonderfully rich collection of plays ... an important new resource for students and scholars interested in Shakespeare's drama and its afterlives'. - Susan Bennett, University of Calgary
Acknowledgements vi General Introduction 1(22) The Womans Prize; or The Tamer Tamed 23(43) John Fletcher The History of King Lear 66(31) Nahum Tate King Stephen: A Dramatic Fragment 97(6) John Keats The Public (El publico) 103(22) Federico Garcia Lorca The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui 125(63) Bertolt Brecht uMabatha Welcome Msomi 164(24) Measure for Measure 188(20) Charles Marowitz Hamletmachine 208(25) Heiner Muller Lears Daughters The Womens Theatre Group and Elaine Feinstein 215(18) Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief 233(22) Paula Vogel This Islands Mine 255(30) Philip Osment Harlem Duet 285(29) Djanet Sears Further Adaptations 314
Daniel Fischlin is Associate Professor in the School of Literatures and Performance Studies in English, University of Guelph, Canada. Mark Fortier is Associate Professor in the English Department at the University of Winnipeg, Canada. He is author of Theory/Theatre: An Introduction (Routledge, 1997)
