A major new edition of this perennially successful play which continues to entertain and perplex modern audiences. The play is discussed in its critical and theatrical contexts and Hodgdon, a leading feminist scholar, opens up new readings for modern audiences and students.
Barbara Hodgdon is Professor of English at the University of Michigan. She is the author of The Shakespeare Trade: Performances and Appropriations, the Arden 3 Online Performance Project, The End Crowns All: Closure and Contradiction in Shakespeare's History, and two books exploring Shakespeare's Henry IV, Parts One and Two as texts and in performance.
'a spry, supple introduction to the play...Hodgson's performance
history is particularly impressive: closely aligned to the breadth
of critical readings, but suggesting the comedy's challenges and
even, its charms.'
*Plays International (February 2011)*
'Barbara Hodgdon is a distinguished feminist scholar whose reading
of the play offers a stimulating array of ideas and questions about
this enduringly popular yet challenging comedy.'
*Sardines Magazine (Autumn 2010)*
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