CRITICISM

Bachinger, Katrina. “Maidenheads and Mayhem: A Morris-Dance Reading of William Shakespeare's and John Fletcher's The Two Noble Kinsmen.” Salzburger Studien zur Anglistik und Amerikanistik 16 (1990): 23-38.

Suggests a reading of The Two Noble Kinsmen that explains both its contemporary and modern appeal, and centers on the Morris dance, with its masque and antimasque elements, as a significant element in the play.

Cutts, John P. “Shakespeare's Song and Masque Hand in The Two Noble Kinsmen.” In English Miscellany: A Symposium of History, Literature and the Arts, edited by Mario Praz, pp. 55-85. Rome: Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 1967.

Assesses the play in terms of its relationship to the other plays performed by the Kings Men under James I's reign, and examines the use of the elements of masque, music, and song in these plays.

Green, Susan. “‘A mad woman? We are made, boys!’: The Jailer's Daughter in The Two Noble Kinsmen.” In Shakespeare, Fletcher and The Two Noble Kinsmen, edited by Charles H. Frey, pp. 121-32. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1989.

Examines the role of the Jailer's Daughter in The Two Noble Kinsmen, and discusses the way in which assessment of her role in the play speaks to the authorship controversy.

Steyn, Mark. Review of The Two Noble Kinsmen. The New Criterion 19, no. 2 (October 2000): 45-9.

Reviews the production of the play directed by Tim Carroll at the Globe Theater in London, commenting that only Jasper Britton (as Palamon) and Will Keen (as Arcite) appeared comfortable with the play's language.

Underwood, Richard Allan. The Two Noble Kinsmen and Its Beginnings. Salzburg, Austria: Salzburg University, 1993, 208 p.

Book-length analysis of the collaboration between John Fletcher and William Shakespeare on the The Two Noble Kinsmen.

Waith, Eugene M. Introduction to The Two Noble Kinsmen, by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, edited by Eugene M. Waith, 233 p. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989.

Offers a detailed overview of The Two Noble Kinsmen, including discussion of trends in the critical interpretation of the play, and the way the collaboration between the two authors is manifested in the text.