Preface. Introduction. Part 1 1. ‘Such News As You Never Heard Of’: The Functions of Reporting in Shakespeare’s Plays 2. ‘There is a World Elsewhere’: The Functions of Stage Absence in the Structure of Shakespeare’s Plays 3. ‘Are Those my Tents Where I Perceive the Fire?’: The Structure of Shakespeare’s Battles and their Onstage/Offstage Action Part 2 4. ‘Mangling by Starts the Full Course of their Glory’: The Legend and the Reality of War in Henry V 5. ‘Is Thy News Good or Bad? Answer to That’: The Use of Reports and the Structure of Roles in Romeo and Juliet 6. ‘I am Dumb!’: The Absence and Presence of Antonio in The Merchant of Venice 7. ‘O Julius Caesar, Thou Art Mighty Yes!: The Potency of Caesar On and Off the Stage, Alive and Dead 8. ‘If That an Eye May Profit by a Tongue’: The functions of Reporting and Stage Absence in As You Like It 9. ‘He is Himself Alone’: The Use of Battle, Report, and Stage Absence in Coriolanus. Index.
Biography
Anthony Brennan
