Readership: All interested readers and the theatre-going public in the UK and abroad. Also of interest to students and academics across a broad range of disciplines including literature, drama and theatre, media studies, philosophy, and theology.
Adrian Poole, Professor of English Literature, University of Cambridge
"'Oxford's always stimulating Very Short Introductions series.'" - Independent on Sunday
1: Who needs it? 2: Once upon a time 3: The living dead 4: Who's to blame? 5: Big ideas 6: No laughing matter 7: Words, words, words 8: Good timing 9: Pain and gain
Why did Henry James doubt Shakespeare's authorship? - hear Adrian Poole discuss Shakespeare's authorship for the 60 minutes with Shakespeare conference