Shakespeare and character: theory, history, performance, and theatrical persons

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Contents Preface Notes on Contributors Introduction P.Yachnin and J.Slights PART I: THEORY Confusing Shakespeare's Characters with Real People: Reflections on Reading in Four Questions M.Bristol The Reality of Fictive Cinematic Characters T.Ponech Character as Dynamic Identity: From Fictional Interaction Script to Performance W.Dodd PART II: HISTORY Personnage : History, Philology, Performance A.G.Bourassa The Properties of Character in King Lear J.Berg Embodied Intersubjectivity and the Creation of Early Modern Character L.Lieblein PART III: PERFORMANCE Metatheater and the Performance of Character in The Winter's Tale P.Yachnin and M.W.Selkirk Character, Agency and the Familiar Actor A.J.Hartley The Actor-Character in 'Secretly Open' Action: Doubly Encoded Personation on Shakespeare's Stage R.Weimann PART IV: THEATRICAL PERSONS Is Timon a Character? A.Dawson When is a bastard not a bastard? Character in King John C.Slights Arming Cordelia: Character and Performance S.Werner Bibliography Index