Shakespeare’s Acts of Will: Law, Testament and Properties of Performance

The author explores the cultural practices that link theatre to law and the wider witnessing public, particularly the themes of testament, inheritance, and succession in Shakespeare’s late Elizabethan plays from the period 1595-1603--Henry V, Richard II, King John, As You Like It, The Merchant of Venice, Julius Caesar, and Hamlet--and how will is expressed through the performance of words in the plays. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)