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Discusses her use of Shakespeare in working with autistic children.

Examines equivocation in Macbeth. Expanded version published in Shakespeare Puzzles (q.v.).

Considers how in Midsummer Night's Dream "conventional romance is complicated and subverted by illicit desire."

Examines the tension in Temepst between the value of rhetoric and its potential for deception.

"Surveys the exaggerated disorder, violence and pathos" in 1, 2, and 3 Henry VI.

Examines the early publishing history of 1, 2, and 3 Henry VI and their relationship to allusions to Shakespeare in Robert Greene's Groat's Worth of Wit and Thomas Nashe's Pierce Penniless.

Examines William Dyce's painting Henry VI at Towton inspired by 3 Henry VI.

Considers whether the Henry the Eighth performed in the loft of George Harrison's alehouse on 6 May 1632 was Shakespeare and John Fletcher's Henry VIII or Samuel Rowley's When You See Me, You Know Me.

Devotes a chapter to Shakespeare's critique in the problem plays of Peter Ramus' "notion of eloquence as the essence of rhetoric."

Analyzes the neurological effect of Shakespeare's use of functional shift (the change in grammatical status of words) by using functional magnetic resonance imaging to "investigate brain activation in participants making judgements on the semantic relationship between sentences--some containing a Shakespearean [functional shift]--and subsequently presented words." Argues that "Shakespeare's grammatical exploration forces the listener to take a more active role in integrating the meaning of what is said." English summary, 913.