Shakespeare on the University Stage

Andrew James Hartley is Robinson Professor of Shakespeare Studies in the Department of Theatre at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. He is the author of The Shakespearean Dramaturg (2005), Shakespeare and Political Theatre (2013) and a performance history of Julius Caesar (2014), and was General Editor, until 2013, of Shakespeare Bulletin. He is also the author of many novels and a frequent director for UNC Charlotte campus productions.

• Introduction: tragedians of the city, little eyases or rude mechanicals? Andrew James Hartley; 1. Campus Shakespeare: fragments of a history, fragments of a concept Peter Holland; 2. Performance, religion and Shakespeare: staging ideology at Notre Dame Mark C. Pilkinton; 3. George Rylands and Cambridge University Shakespeare Michael Cordner; 4. Women who will make a difference: Shakespeare at Wellesley College Yu Jin Ko; 5. Appropriating Shakespeare on campus: an Indian perspective Angelie Multani; 6. Ideology and student performances in China Lee Chee Keng and Yong Li Lan; 7. Shakespeare without resources: staging Shakespeare in the Midwest Andrea Stevens; 8. Shakespeare isn't just for the professionals: Shakespeare on the German campus Christa Jansohn; 9. Holofernes, Peregrine and I: Australian campus Shakespeare Rob Conkie; 10. The politics and economics of Malaysian campus productions of Shakespeare Nurul Farhana Low bt Abdullah; 11. The Performance Research Group's Anthony and Cleopatra (2010) Jacquelyn Bessell; 12. The laws of Athens: Shakespeare and the campus economy Paul Menzer; 13. Queering Shakespeare in the American South Chad Allen Thomas; 14. Shakespeare laboratories and performance-as-research Jonathan Heron; 15. The small-college stage: is there still room for Shakespeare? Douglas E. Green; 16. The Shakespeare performance campus W. B. Worthen; Index.

'This highly intelligent collection of essays, written by practitioners and eyewitnesses as well as by some of the most important theatre scholars writing today, at last puts student Shakespeare onto our intellectual map. As impressive in its geographical and historical scope as it is in its depth, Shakespeare on the University Stage reveals campus production as a rich, diverse and scandalously under-studied field of Shakespearean performance, now at last ripe for analysis and appreciation.' Michael Dobson, University of Birmingham