Fitter, Christopher.

Radical Shakespeare : politics and stagecraft in the early career / Chris Fitter. - New York : Routledge, 2012. - 330 p. ; 24 cm. - Routledge studies in Shakespeare ; 6 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-324) and index.

Historical foundations: the black nineties and the Tudor richesse of political dissidence -- Theatrical foundations: performance criticism and transgressive overdetermination -- 2 Henry VI: Jack Cade, the hacket rising, and Shakespeare's vision of popular rebellion -- 2 Henry VI: contexts and allusion -- 2 Henry VI: political stagecraft -- Carnival dynamics and The taming of the shrew -- Romeo & Juliet:'The quarrel is between our masters and us their men': dearth, class, and the London riots -- As you like it: political topicality --'Betrayed to every modern censure': As you like it and vestry values -- As you like it: dysresolution, sexual politics, and the public sphere -- Conclusions.

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Political and social views.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Dramatic production.


Radicalism in literature.