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Examines how the onstage portrayal of royal charisma, with an eye to Max Weber's understanding of how the charismatic monarch in Richard II, 1 and 2 Henry IV, and Henry V reflects the anxieties of a society concerned with Elizabeth I's successor. English summary, 30.

Disagrees with scholars who assert that William D'Avenant's Macbeth portrays Macduff 's wife as a symbol of submissive feminism through demonstrating how he breaks with domestic precedence in depicting her raising provocative political questions and disagreeing with her husband's ideology.

Examines the treatment of the Gaoler's Daughter's greensickness in Two Noble Kinsmen in examining the representation of pubescent females in early modern drama.

Draws on Queen Margaret and Joan (in 1, 2, and 3 Henry VI and Richard III) whose masculine qualities encourage "sustained homoerotic fantasies about them" to offer a "new account of early modern sexuality [that] changes how we see the development of the relationship between sexual tendencies and other aspects of identity, and in particular challenges previous analyses of same-sex female sexuality in the Renaissance."

Using Merchant of Venice as an example, examines how teachers of classic texts can implement a reception, rather than classical tradition, method to teach students the benefits of appropriating and redefining classical literature.

Discusses Roman Polanski's collaboration with Kenneth Tynan on Polanski's film of Macbeth (q.v.).

Studies the effect of the "spatial turn," the examination of how spaces are used as political and imaginative entities, in recent Shakespeare scholarship. English summary, 570.

Examines how Shakespeare's references to the common carp in Hamlet and All's Well That Ends Well provide insight into early modern interactions with a species newly introduced to England.

Through examining the functions of names in Othello, explores the cultural history of the name in early modern England, focusing especially how anxieties linked to names interact with acts of misrepresentation.

Examines how war discourse shapes post-war masculine figures in Much Ado about Nothing, arguing that Benedick's and Claudio's very different military experiences and understanding shape the ability to enter into romantic narratives. English summary.