Directory of Shakespeare in Performance Since 1991 (Hardcover) | Released: 14 Jan 2014

There is no disputing the depth of editorial research that has been undertaken in compiling the Directory...This is a substantial work, which will be of great use to scholars of Shakespeare in performance, drama students and the reader with casual interests in theatre. - Keith M.C. OSullivan, Reference Reviews. Review for A Directory of Shakespeare Volume 1: Great Britain, 197-25

The directory is an exceptional reference tool for all researchers interested in the performance history of Shakespeares plays. It includes both stage and screen (film and television) productions in Canada and the USA from 1991 to 25. Bringing into focus, by framing in time and space, North Americas complex, enduring, and evolving relationship with the phenomenon we call Shakespeare.

Providing not only full production data ȓ when and where a production took place, the key production staff and the actors ȓ this unique reference tool also includes extracts from three key reviews for each entry, focusing on the interpretation, the design and the performance of key roles illustrating the wider theatrical and cultural significance of the productions in question.

Indexes for Actors, Creative Roles, Reviewers and Companies allow for quick and easy cross-referencing, so that the reader can trace the career of a chosen director or designer, or determine which actors have played a particular role. Each volume is organised alphabetically by play and then chronologically within each play

The three-volume set provides a comprehensive overview of performances of Shakespeares plays over the last three and a half decades.

Volume 1: Great Britain, 197-25
Volume 2: USA and Canada, 197-199

KATHARINE GOODLAND is Associate Professor of English at the City University of New Yorks College of Staten Island, USA, where she teaches courses in medieval and early modern culture and early drama, including Shakespeare. She is on the editorial board of the Shakespeare Bulletin and the Executive Board of the Columbia Shakespeare Seminar. She is the author of Female Mourning and Tragedy in Medieval and Renaissance English Drama (Ashgate, 26). Her articles have appeared in Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England, The Journal of Literature and the Arts, and Shakespeare Bulletin.

JOHN OCONNOR is a Senior Visiting Lecturer for Cornell University. He is editor of the UK Longman School Shakespeare series and author of Shakespearean Afterlives.