"There is almost certainly something for everyone in this volume." Essays in Theatre
1. The power of magic: from Endimion to The Tempest Kurt Tetzeli Von Rosador; 2. Reading The Tempest Russ MacDonald; 3. The latter end of Prospero's commonwealth James Black; 4. Henry VIII and the deconstruction of history Peter L. Rudnytsky; 5. The politics of conscience in all is true or Henry VIII Camille Wells Slights; 6. Shakespeare's romantic innocents and the misappropriation of the romantic past: the case of the two noble kinsmen Richard Hillman; 7. The hand of John Fletcher in double falsehood Stephan Kukowski; 8. 'The Duke My Father's Wrack': the innocence of the restoration Tempest Matthew H. Wikander; 9. 'Remember/First to possess his books': The appropriation of The Tempest 1700–1800 Michael Dobson; 10. The Tempest and after Inga-stina Ewbank; 11. Poetry's sea-changes: Eliot and The Tempest Martin Scofield; 12. The new function of language in Shakespeare's pericles: oath versus 'Holy Word' Elena Glasov-Corrigan; 13. The discovery of the Rose Theatre: some implications R. A. Foakes; 14. The origins of the Roxana and Messallina illustrations John H. Astington; 15. Recycling the early histories: 'The Wars of the Roses' and 'The Plantagenets' Lois Potter; 16. Shakespeare production in England in 1989 Stanley Wells; 17. Professional Shakespeare productions in the British Isles, January-December 1988 complied by N. Rathbone; 18. The year's contributions to Shakespeare ctudies; 19. Critical studies reviewed by R. S. White; 20. Shakespeare's life, times and stage reviewed by Richard Dutton; 21. Editions and textual studies reviewed by MacDonald P. Jackson.