• Looks at a broad range of topics in the field of tragedy in literature, from ancient to contemporary times
  
• Explores the links between writers from different times and cultures
  
• Focuses on the reception of classical texts in subsequent literatures, and discusses their treatment in a range of media
  
• Surveys the lasting influence of the most resonant narratives in tragedy
  
• Contemplates exciting and...

Shakespeare, Trauma and Contemporary Performance examines how contemporary performances of Shakespeare s texts on stage and screen engage with violent events and histories. The book attempts to account for but not to rationalize the ongoing and pernicious effects of various forms of violence as they have emerged in selected contemporary performances of Shakespeare s texts, especially as that violence relates to apartheid, colonization, racism, homophobia and war. Through a series of wide-ranging case studies, which are informed by debates in Shakespeare, trauma and performance...