Radical Shakespeare : politics and stagecraft in the early career - Fitter, Christopher (New York : Routledge, 2012)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-324) and index.
Keywords: Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Political and social views; Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Dramatic production; Radicalism in literature