Contents
List of Musical Examples
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Robert Armin: Apprentice, Extemporizing Comedian,
Author, Singing Actor, and Possibly Shakespeare's Collaborator
2 Early Modern Music Contexts
3 Armin’s Singing Fools: Feste, Lear’s Fool, and Autolycus
4 Much Ado About Nothing and As You Like It: Armin's Beginning with Shakespeare's Company
5 Armin's Possible Apprentices: Ophelia and Desdemona
6 Robert Johnson's Songs in Cymbeline and The Tempest: Armin's Final Performances with the King's Men?
Conclusion
Appendix 1 "Songs in the Plays"
Appendix 2 Alternate Settings for "Hold Thy Peace" and "Willow, Willow"
Biography
Catherine A. Henze is a Professor Emerita of Humanistic Studies-English, and Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, USA.
