Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Series Editors’ Preface viii
5. A Note on Pronouns xi
6. Introduction: Shakespeare and His Audience 1
7. Chapter 1 Shakespeare’s Society and Theater 7
8. Chapter 2 Shakespeare’s Life on the Stage 16
9. Chapter 3 The Comedy of Errors: Style as Comedy 27
10. Chapter 4 The Comedy of Errors: Identity and the Marketplace 38
11. Chapter 5 A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Heterosexuality as Perversity 49
12. Chapter 6 A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Loving Difference 60
13. Chapter 7 The Merchant of Venice: Money Talks 71
14. Chapter 8 The Merchant of Venice: Turning Less into More 82
15. Chapter 9 As You Like It: Is Anyone Better Than Anyone Else? 95
16. Chapter 10 As You Like It: Acting Like Yourself 106
17. Chapter 11 Richard II: Royalty as Theater 117
18. Chapter 12 Richard II: The King’s Multiplicity 128
19. Chapter 13 1 Henry IV: Nation and Self Divided 138
20. Chapter 14 1 Henry IV: Recreating the Prince 149
21. Chapter 15 Hamlet: The Death of Fathers 161
22. Chapter 16 Hamlet : Something Within 172
23. Chapter 17 Hamlet : Hamlet’s Mystique 181
24. Chapter 18 Measure for Measure: Self-Usurpation 191
25. Chapter 19 Measure for Measure: Craft Against Vice 202
26. Chapter 20 Othello: Heterosexuality as Tragedy 213
27. Chapter 21 Othello: Who Is the Real Othello? 223
28. Chapter 22 Othello: Killing for Loving 235
29. Chapter 23 The Winter’s Tale: The One vs. the Many 244
30. Chapter 24 The Winter’s Tale: Bearing Children 255
31. Chapter 25 The Winter’s Tale: The Resurrection of Comedy 264
32. Chapter 26 The Tempest: Playwright as Tyrant 275
33. Chapter 27 The Tempest: Gaining Through Loss 286
34. Further Reading 297
35. Selected Performances on DVD 303
36. Index 304