The Shakespeare Myth

Manchester UK; New York: Manchester University Press ; St. Martin's Press, 1988. Octavo in black and white wrappers (white spine); 215 pages; 22 cm.; light edge wear to wrappers and shelf wear; light bump to bottom open corner of first few leaves (not a major crease); o/w copy is tight and square; pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks and creases; edges of leaves are clean; a gently used copy. In English. Series: Cultural politics Very good(+) to Near fine(-) copy. Paperback. ISBN: 0719026350

Contents: [Ideology] -- Bardolatry: or, the cultural materialist's guide to Stratford-upon-Avon / Graham Holderness -- Sam Wanamaker / interviewed by Graham Holderness -- Ideology and institution: Shakespeare and the roadsweepers / John Drakakis -- [Popular culture] -- Teaching the handsaw to fly: Shakespeare as a hegemonic instrument / David Margolies -- John Peter / interviewed by Graham Holderness -- 'You base football player!': Shakespeare in contemporary culture / Derek Longhurst -- [Sexual politics] -- 'The warrant of womanhood': Shakespeare and feminist criticism / Ann Thompson -- [Theatre] -- The Cambridge connection: towards a materialist theatre practice / Christopher J. McCullough -- Terry Hands / interviewed by Christpher J. McCullough -- Making space: appropriation and confrontation in recent British plays / Alan Sinfield -- [Education] -- 'Go play, boy, play': Shakespeare and educational drama / David Hornbrook -- John Hodgsosn, Michael Croft / interviewed by Christopher J. McCullogh -- [Broadcasting] -- Boxing the Bard: Shakespeare and television / Graham Holderness -- John Wilders, Jonathan Miller / interviewed by Graham Holderness.