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Volume 70

Criticism of William Shakespeare’s Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations

Lynn M. Zott

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Acknowledgments

The editors wish to thank the copyright holders of the excerpted criticism included in this volume and the permissions managers of many book and magazine publishing companies for assisting us in securing reproduction rights. We are also grateful to the staffs of the Detroit Public Library, the Library of Congress, the University of Detroit Mercy Library, Wayne State University Purdy/Kresge Library Complex, and the University of Michigan Libraries for making their resources available to us. Following is a list of the copyright holders who have granted us permission to reproduce material in this volume of SC. Every effort has been made to trace copyright, but if omissions have been made, please let us know.

COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL IN SC, VOLUME 70, WAS REPRODUCED FROM THE FOLLOWING PERIODICALS:

Commonweal, v. 126, June, 18, 2002. Reproduced by permission.—ELH, v. 36, September, 1969; v. 55, Autumn, 1998. Reproduced by permission.—Literature/Film Quarterly, v. 27, 1999. Reproduced by permission.—Maclean’s, v. 112, May 17, 1999. Reproduced by permission.—The North American Review, v. 280, November-December, 1995. Reproduced by permission.—Poetics Today, v. 20, Fall, 1999.Copyright © 1999 by Duke University Press. Reproduced by permission.— Shakespeare Quarterly, v. 18, Spring, 1967; v. 23, Winter, 1972; v. 24, Summer, 1973; v. 29, Winter, 1978; v. 39, Winter, 1988; v. 50, Winter, 1999; v. 51, 2000; v. 51, Summer, 2000; v. 52, Spring, 2001. Reproduced by permission.—Shakespeare Survey, v. 53, 2000. Reproduced by permission.—Southern Humanities Review, v. 6, Summer, 1972. Reproduced by permission.—The Spectator, v. 283, July 3, 1999. Reproduced by permission.—Studies in English Literature 15001900, v. 18, Spring, 1978; v. 25, Spring, 1985. Reproduced by permission.—Texas Studies in Literature and Language, v. 21, Winter, 1979. Reproduced by permission.—The Village Voice, v. 43, March 10, 1998.Copyright © 1998 Village Voice Media, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of The Village Voice.—Variety, v. 380, September 4-10, 2000; v. 380, September 18-24, 2000. Reproduced by permission.

COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL IN SC, VOLUME 70, WAS REPRODUCED FROM THE FOLLOWING BOOKS:

Burnett, Mark Thornton. From Shakespeare, Film, Fin de Siècle. Macmillan Press Ltd., 2000.Copyright © 2000 by Macmillan Press Ltd. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Clayton, Tom. From Shakespeare: Text and Theater. University of Delaware Press, 1999.Copyright © 1999 by University of Delaware Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Colie, Rosalie L. From Shakespeare’s Living Art. Princeton University Press, 1974.Copyright © 1974 by Princeton University Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Cox, Richard H. From The Artist and Political Vision. Transaction, Inc., 1982.Copyright © 1982 by Transaction, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.— Frey, Charles H. From Shakespeare, Fletcher and The Two Noble Kinsmen. Edited by Charles H. Frey. University of Missouri Press, 1989.Copyright © 1989 by the Curators of the University of Missouri. Reproduced by permission.—Habib, Imtiaz. From Shakespeare and Race: Postcolonial Praxis in the Early Modern Period. University Press of America, 2000. Reproduced by permission.—Hedrick, Donald K. From Shakespeare, Fletcher and The Two Noble Kinsmen. Edited by Charles H. Frey. University of Missouri Press, 1989.Copyright © 1989 by the Curators of the University of Missouri. Reproduced by permission.—Jankowski, Theodora A. From Assays: Critical Approaches to Medieval and Renaissance Texts, Vol. V. University of Pittsburgh Press, 1989.Copyright © 1989 by University of Pittsburgh Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Kott, Jan. From The Bottom Translation: Marlowe and Shakespeare and the Carnival Tradition. Northwestern University Press, 1987.Copyright © 1987 by Northwestern University Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—McGuire, Philip C. From Shakespeare and the Sense of Performance. Associated University Presses, 1989.Copyright © 1989 by Associated University Presses. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.— Palmer, John. From Political Characters of Shakespeare. Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1961.Copyright © 1961 by Macmillan & Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Paster, Gail Kern and Skiles Howard. Introduction to A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Texts and Contexts. Bedford/St. Martins, 1999.Copyright © 1999 by Bedford/St. Martins. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Pilkington, Ace G. From Screening Shakespeare from Richard II to Henry V. University of Delaware Press, 1991.Copyright © 1991 by University of Delaware Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Potter, Lois. From The Politics of Tragicomedy: Shakespeare and After. Routledge, 1992.Copyright © 1992 by Routledge. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of the author.—Proudfoot, G. R. Introduction to The Two Noble Kinsmen, by John Fletcher and William Shakespeare. Edward Arnold, 1970.Copyright © 1970 by Edward Arnold.

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All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Ramsey, Clifford Earl. From Homer to Brecht: The European Epic and Dramatic Traditions. Yale University Press, 1977.Copyright © 1977 by Yale University Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Shewring, Margaret. From King Richard II. Manchester University Press, 1996.Copyright © 1996 by Manchester University Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.—Stewart, Alan. From Shakespeare’s Late Plays: New Readings. Edinburgh University Press, 1999.Copyright © 1992 by Edinburgh University Press. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of the author.—Turner, John. Introduction to The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra, by William Shakespeare. Prentice Hall/Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1995. Copyright © 1995 by Prentice Hall/Harvester Wheatsheaf. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission.

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Act V, scene v, from William Shakespeare’s Richard II, from Smirke’s Illustrations, photograph. Special Collections Library, University of Michigan. Reproduced by permission.—Behrens, Bernard as Snug, Chris Wiggins as Snout, Mervyn Blake as Quince, Robin Gammell as Flute, William Needles as Starveling, and Tony Van Bridge as Bottom, from Act IV, scene ii of the 1960 Stratford Festival production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, photograph. The Stratford Festival. Reproduced by permission.—Cass, Deborah as Titania and Tony Van Bridge as Bottom, from Act IV, scene i of the 1960 Stratford Festival production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, written by William Shakespeare, directed by Douglas Campbell. The Stratford Festival. Reproduced by permission.—Gerussi, Bruno as Oberon and Deborah Cass as Titania, (foreground, left to right), Helen Burns as Hermia, Leo Ciceri as Lysander, Peter Donat as Demetrius, and Kate Reid as Helena, from Act IV, scene i of the 1960 Stratford Festival production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, written by William Shakespeare, directed by Douglas Campbell, photograph. The Stratford Festival. Reproduced by permission.—Dench, Judi as Cleopatra and Anthony Hopkins as Mark Antony in a scene from the 1987 production of Antony and Cleopatra, written by William Shakespeare, at the Olivier Theatre in the National Theatre, photograph by Neil Libbert. Hulton/Getty Images. Reproduced by permission.—Hutt, William as Richard II, Jackie Burroughs as the Queen, Tony Van Bridge as Northumberland, Leon Pownall as Hotspur, and John C. Juliani as a Soldier, from Act V, scene i of the 1964 Stratford Festival production of Richard II, written by William Shakespeare. The Stratford Festival. Reproduced by permission.—Kennedy, Lorne as Aumerle, Eric Donkin as York, Craig Dudley as Bolingbroke, Stephen Russell as King Richard, Ted Follows as Northumberland, and Richard Hardacre as Fitzwater, from Act IV, scene i of the 1979 Stratford Festival production of Richard II, by William Shakespeare. The Stratford Festival. Reproduced by permission.—Mawson, Michael as Agrippa, Lewis Gordon as Enobarbus, Stephen Ouimette as Octavius Caesar, Frank Zotter as Eros, Ronn Sarosiak as Maecenas, Leon Pownall as Antony, Edward Atienza as Lepidus, Derek J. Sangster as a Roman Soldier, Jeffrey Kuhn as Scarus, Matthew Penn as Demetrius, Paul Miller as Dolabella, Geoffrey Tyler as a Pirate, Françoise Balthazar as a Dancing Girl, Gerry Mackay as Varrius, and Michael Simpson as Menas, from Act II, scene vii of the 1993 Stratford Festival production of Antony and Cleopatra, written by William Shakespeare, directed by Richard Monette, photograph. The Stratford Festival. Reproduced by permission.—Members of the Festival Company, from Act V, scene i of the 1960 Stratford Festival production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, written by William Shakespeare, directed by Douglas Campbell, photograph by Peter Smith. Courtesy of Stratford Festival Archives. Reproduced by permission.—Needles, William as John of Gaunt (foreground), with (left to right) Wilfrid Dube as Groom, John Wodja, as Attendant, Gregory Wanless as Bagot, Frank Maraden as King Richard, and Marti Maraden as Isabel, from Act II, scene i of the 1979 Stratford Festival production of Richard II, written by William Shakespeare, directed by Zoe Caldwell, photograph. The Stratford Festival. Reproduced by permission.— Needles, William as Bishop of Carlisle, Steve Ross as Sir John Bagot, Geordie Johnson as Richard II, Jordan Pettle as Sir John Bushy (seated), and Donald Carrier as Sir Henry Greene, from Act I, scene iii of the 1999 Stratford Festival production of Richard II, by William Shakespeare. The Stratford Festival. Reproduced by permission.—Quarshie, Hugh as Arcite and Gerard Murphy as Palamon in a scene from the 1986 production of The Two Noble Kinsmen, written by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, photograph. © Donald Cooper/Photostage. Reproduced by permission.—Turner, Martin as Theseus, Yolanda Velasquez as Hippolyta, Geraldine Alexander as Emilia, and Jonathan Oliver as Pirithous in a scene from the 2000 production of The Two Noble Kinsmen, written by William Shakespeare. © Donald Cooper/Photostage Ltd. Reproduced by permission.—Zotter, Frank as Eros, Leon Pownall as Antony, Lewis Gordon as Enobarbus, Edward Atienza as Lepidus, and Stephen Ouimette as Octavius Caesar, from Act II, scene ii of the 1993 Stratford Festival production of Antony and Cleopatra, written by William Shakespeare, directed by Richard Monette, photograph. The Stratford Festival. Reproduced by permission.

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