Further Reading
Want to brush up on your Shakespeare? Or are you already a Bard expert, searching for more book recommendations?
If you enjoy listening to Shakespeare's Shadows, this reading list is for you.
You can find copies of these books via the links below or at your local library. This list is curated by podcast host Emily Rome.
Thinking with Shakespeare: Essays on Politics and Life
by Julia Lupton (guest on Episode 1 - Lear)
The Lady Vanishes: Fantasies of Female Heroism in Shakespeare’s Last Plays
by Theresia de Vroom (guest on Episode 4 - Hermione)
The Pelican Shakespeare Richard II
edited with an introduction by Frances Dolan (guest on Episode 5 - Richard II)
Knowing Shakespeare: Senses, Embodiment, and Cognition
co-edited by Lowell Gallagher (guest on Episode 6 - Malvolio)
The Afterlife of Ophelia
co-edited by Deanne Williams (guest on Episode 8 - Ophelia)
The Tempest: Language and Writing
by Brinda Charry (guest on Episode 10 - Ariel)
Why Shakespeare?
by Catherine Belsey
Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human
by Harold Bloom
Performing Lear: Gielgud to Russell Beale
by Jonathan Croall
Worlds Elsewhere: Journeys Around Shakespeare's Globe
by Andrew Dickson
Shakespeare’s Fathers and Daughters
by Oliver Ford Davies
Shakespeare After All
by Marjorie Garber
Shakespeare's Freedom
by Stephen Greenblatt
Directing Shakespeare in America: Current Practices
by Charles Ney
Women of Will: The Remarkable Evolution of Shakespeare’s Female Characters
by Tina Packer
The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606
by James Shapiro
The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Stage
edited by Stanley Wells and Sarah Stanton
Articles by Shakespeare’s Shadows host Emily Rome
Measure for Measure and The Two Gentlemen of Verona:
Preview of 2017 Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival
A Midsummer Night's Dream:
Photo debut for new film adaptation, with actor and director interviews
Much Ado About Nothing:
Article about Joss Whedon's film adaptation, with actor and director interviews
Much Ado About Nothing:
Feature about YouTube duo BriTANick joining the Whedonverse