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Title:
Reading Shakespeare in Jewish Theological Frameworks: Shylock Beyond the Holocaust
Author:
Lion, Caroline Wiesenthal.
Type:
Book Monograph
Year:
2023
Publication Information:
New York and London: Routledge, 2023. xviii + 226 pp.
Annotation:

Deploys Jewish theology to generate new reading of Merchant of Venice. Urges readers to "see beyond the racism in Shakespeare's plays by recovering Shakespearean themes of potentiality and human flourishing as they emerge within the Jewish tradition itself." Foreword by Julia Reinhard Lupton. 

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Title:
From San Francisco Eastward: Victorian Theater in the American West
Author:
Eichin, Carolyn Grattan.
Type:
Book Monograph
Year:
2020
Publication Information:
Reno and Las Vegas: University of Nevada Press, 2020. 291 pp.
Annotation:

Investigates dynamics and influence of theater on culture and society of American West (California, Oregon, Nevada, Washington) during Victorian period. Discusses performance of Shakespeare's plays as contributing to transition to social respectability. 

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Title:
Portable Magic: A History of Books and Their Readers
Author:
Smith, Emma.
Type:
Book Monograph
Year:
2022
Publication Information:
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2022. 338 pp.
Annotation:

Explores history of readers and reading, particularly "how, when, and why books became so iconic." Considers impact of particular editions of Shakespeare's plays, particularly individual play editions published by Arden, Thomas and Henrietta Bowdler's Family Shakespeare (1807), and more. 

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Title:
Working Backstage: A Cultural History and Ethnography of Technical Theater Labor
Author:
Essin, Christin.
Type:
Book Monograph
Year:
2021
Publication Information:
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2021. x + 273 pp.
Annotation:

Investigates work and labor of backstage theater technicians, including stagehands, carpenters, electricians, sound engineers, properties artisans, wardrobe crews, makeup artists, and child guardians. Employs figures of Rude Mechanicals from Midsummer Night's Dream to discuss theatrical craftspeople. 

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Title:
George "Dadie" Rylands: Shakespearean Scholar and Cambridge Legend
Author:
Raina, Peter.
Type:
Book Monograph
Year:
2020
Publication Information:
Oxford: Peter Lang, 2020. xxii + 461 pp.
Annotation:

Explores life and career of George "Dadie" Rylands (1902-1999), professor of early modern drama at Cambridge University. Considers specifically Rylands' BBC Talks on Shakespeare, work in editing Shakespeare, and thoughts on Shakespeare's "poetic energy."

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