THECAMBRIDGE COMPANIONTO SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY

[Pages:7]THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO

SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY

EDITED BY

CLAIRE McEACHERN

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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Tragedy / edited by Claire McEachern. p. cm. ? (Cambridge Companions to Literature) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 0 521 79009 3 ? isbn 0 521 79359 9 (pb.)

1. Shakespeare, William, 1564?1616 ? Tragedies ? Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Tragedy ? Handbooks, manuals, etc.

i . McEachern, Claire Elizabeth, 1963? i i . Series. p r 2983. c 28 2002

822.33 ? dc21 2002067262

isbn 0 521 79009 3 hardback isbn 0 521 79359 9 paperback

CONTENTS

List of illustrations List of contributors Preface Chronology List of abbreviations

1 What is a Shakespearean tragedy? tom mcalindon

2 The language of tragedy russ mcdonald

3 Tragedy in Shakespeare's career david bevington

4 Shakespearean tragedy printed and performed michael warren

5 Religion and Shakespearean tragedy huston diehl

6 Tragedy and political authority michael hattaway

7 Gender and family catherine belsey

8 The tragic subject and its passions gail kern paster

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contents

9 Tragedies of revenge and ambition

160

robert n. watson

10 Shakespeare's tragedies of love

182

catherine bates

11 Shakespeare's classical tragedies

204

c o p p e? l i a k a h n

12 The critical reception of Shakespeare's tragedies

224

r. a. foakes

13 Antony and Cleopatra in the theatre

241

barbara hodgdon

Select bibliography

264

Index

272

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I L L U S T R AT I O N S

1. Hamlet, 1603 Quarto. Sigs h 2v?h 3r. Courtesy of the Huntington Library.

page 82

2. Herbert Beerbohm Tree's production of Antony and

Cleopatra at His Majesty's Theatre, London, December

1906. Antony's welcome in the marketplace. Permission of

the Shakespeare Centre Library.

242

3. Trevor Nunn's 1972 production of Antony and Cleopatra,

Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, with Richard Johnson as

Antony, Janet Suzman as Cleopatra, 1.1. Photo: Joe Cocks

Studio Collection, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.

247

4. Peter Brook's Shakespeare Memorial Theatre production of

Antony and Cleopatra, 1978, with Glenda Jackson as

Cleopatra, 5.2. Courtesy of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust,

Joe Cocks collection.

255

5. The 1999 Shakespeare's Globe production of Antony and

Cleopatra with Mark Rylance as Cleopatra. Photo: John

Tramper, courtesy of Shakespeare's Globe.

256

6. Peter Brook's Shakespeare Memorial Theatre production of

Antony and Cleopatra, 1978. Hauling Antony to the

monument, 4.16. Glenda Jackson as Cleopatra, Alan Howard

as Antony. Courtesy of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Joe

Cocks Studio collection.

259

7. Stephen Pimlott's 1999 production of Antony and Cleopatra,

Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, with Frances de la Tour as

Cleopatra, 5.2. Courtesy of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust,

Malcolm Davies.

261

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