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Argues that tragicomedies in the eighteenth century contested and confirmed societal boundaries, concentrating on interracial desire in Thomas Rymer's treatise on Othello and sexual politics in Nahum Tate's adaptation of King Lear.
Explores how Shakespeare exploited the dramatic potential of playing with "established simian-human boundaries" (especially in Comedy of Errors, where--in using Plautus as his source--Shakespeare sets about to out-Plautus Plautus).
Includes an examination of Shakespeare's references to baboons in Two Noble Kinsmen (especially), Merry Wives of Windsor, Othello, and Macbeth in suggesting cultural relevance between early modern ideas about baboons and their performance history.
Studies the spectacle of "filial parthenogenesis" in Henry V as an attempt to create linearity and legitimacy manifested in the play's poetic and linguistic forms.
Uses Midsummer Night's Dream and Taming of the Shrew in reevaluating the significance of sleeping workers, arguing that work among the lower class serves as a source of theatrical creativity with disruptive and generative power.
Reminiscences about playing Falstaff, Hamlet, Richard III, Macbeth, and King Lear.
Examines the recent proliferation of musical adaptations of Shakespeare.
Offers amusing anecdotes involving Shakespeare. Continued by "More Shakespearean Canapés" (q.v.).
Comments on teaching Shakespeare around the globe.
Describes her experience teaching Tempest to students ages 10-11 in a portable classroom.