Provider: World Shakespeare Bibliography https://www.worldshakesbib.org Database: WSB Content: text/plain; charset="utf-8" TY - CHAP T2 - Connolly, Essex: The Cultural Impact of an Elizabethan Courtier SP - 133-52 ID - bbbc2214 T1 - "'Bringing rebellion broached on his sword': Essex and Ireland" AU - Butler, Chris AU - Maley, Willy PY - 2013 DA - 2013 LA - English AB - Describes Essex's involvement with Ireland and literary depictions of such. Argues that Shakespeare's plays include "figures available to be read as policy indicators for Essex" and that Shakespeare saw Essex as "a means to effect regime change." Examines Essex figures in Richard II, As You Like It, Henry V, and Henry VIII. ER -