An international team of scholars examines the theatrical world in which Shakespeare worked, tracing the social, political, and patronage pressures under which

The essays in this volume investigate English, Italian, Spanish, German, Czech, and Bengali early modern theater, placing Shakespeare and his contemporaries in

Emphasizing a performative and stage-centered approach, this book considers early modern European theater as an international phenomenon. Early modern theater w

In what ways does political trauma influence the art arising from it? Is there an aesthetic of war and exile in theatrical works that emerge from such experienc