“ryan kiernan”

This volume focuses on both the texts of Shakespeare's plays, and the many contexts in which they have been produced, from their first performances to contemporary reproductions. This book introduces nine of Shakespeare's major plays and focuses on the critical practices of close reading, historical... More

For this brand-new edition, Kiernan Ryan has added compelling new essays on "The Comedy of Errors" and "Measure for Measure," and a provocative final chapter. The enlarged list of Further Reading provides an invaluable guide to the most exciting work on Shakespeare currently available. Anyone with a... More

What have we learned from the first experiments at the reconstructed Globe on Bankside? Written by the Shakespearean appointed to study the actor's use of the space, the book is the first analytical account of the discoveries that have been made about its important first years of use. Pauline Kierna... More

Despite the richness of Shakespeare's sexual language (his work includes no fewer than 150 puns for female genitals, and 180 for male genitalia), scant attention has been paid to it until now. "Filthy Shakespeare" offers more than 70 examples of the Bard at his bawdiest, arranged under 23 sexual cat... More