Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-257) and index.
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I. Introduction: Reading Shakespeare Historically -- II. Demanding History. 1. Shakespeare after Theory. 2. Are We Being Interdisciplinary Yet? -- III. The Text in History. 3. The Mechanics of Culture: Editing Shakespeare Today. 4. Shakespeare in Print. 5. "Killed with Hard Opinions": Oldcastle and Falstaff and the Reformed Text of 1 Henry IV -- IV. The Text as History. 6. "Proud Majesty Made a Subject": Representing Authority on the Early Modern Stage. 7. "The King hath many marching in his Coats," or, What did you do in the War, Daddy? 8. Is There a Class in This (Shakespearean) Text? 9. Macbeth and the "Name of King" 10. "The Duke of Milan / And his Brave Son": Old Histories and New in The Tempest -- V. Coda: The Closing of the Theaters. 11. "Publike Sports" and "Publike Calamities": Plays, Playing, and Politics