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Title:
"Elbowing Katherine of Valois"
Author:
Walen, Denise A..
Type:
Journal Article
Year:
2024
Publication Information:
Shakespeare Studies 51 (2024): 197–226.
Annotation:

Examines critical assumptions that led to theatrical omission of Katherine's English lesson in act three, scene four from Henry V for more than two centuries. Contends that this scene is of pivotal significance to the play's complex social and political subtext. 

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Title:
"A Gift to Anti-Semites: Shylock on the Prerevolutionary Russian Stage"
Author:
Senelick, Laurence.
Type:
Journal Article
Year:
2024
Publication Information:
Shakespeare Studies 51 (2024): 134–67.
Annotation:

Describes early performances of Shylock in nineteenth-century Russia, considernig Western influences, the portrayal of other Jewish characters on the Russian stage, government monopoly over theatre, and anti-Semitism.

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Title:
"'Married in Conjunction?': Shakespearean Conversations and Complications"
Author:
Siemon, James.
Type:
Journal Article
Year:
2024
Publication Information:
Shakespeare Studies 51 (2024): 27–36.
Annotation:

Traces disparate function of conversation in Shakespeare's works, as "intimate union," "combat," "infection," and "disciplinary practice." Considers conversations in Shakespeare in terms of interlocutors' social positions.

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