C A H I E R S
Late Medieval and RenaissanceEnglish Studies
C O N T E N T S
| From the Editors: Policy | iv |
| Cahiers élisabéthains on the Web | v |
| Guest Contributors | vii |
| Abstracts | ix |
| St. Thomas More’s Utopia and the Description of Britain Simon Morgan-Russell | 1 |
| The Interrogation of the Heavens in King Lear and Marlowe’s Dr Faustus David Webb | 13 |
| Theatricality in Venus and Adonis and its Staging in Germany (1994-1998) Christa Jansohn | 31 |
| Possets, Pills and Poisons: Physicking the Female Body in Early Seventeenth-Century Drama Katherine Armstrong | 43 |
| Using Entrances to Affect Audience Response in Middleton’s A Cheap Maid in Cheapside Robert Irish | 57 |
REVIEWS Plays
| Shakespeare at the Stratford Festival, Ontario, June 2001: “The Making of a King” | | ||
| Henry IV, Part 1, directed by Scott Wentworth, Tom Patterson Theatre, 19 June 2001 (William T. Liston) | 75 | ||
| Falstaff (Henry IV, Part 2), directed by Scott Wentworth, Tom Patterson Theatre, 19 June 2001 (William T. Liston) | 77 | ||
| Henry V, directed by Jeannette Lambermont, Avon Theatre, 20 June 2001 (William T. Liston) | 78 | ||
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| Richard II, directed by Robert Woodruff for the American Repertory Theatre, Loeb Drama Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 17 May 2001, centre right. (Kaara L. Peterson) | 80 | ||
| RSC Spring/Summer Season 2001 in London and Stratford | | ||
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| Julius Caesar, directed by Edward Hall for the RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 6 August 2001 (Peter J. Smith) | 83 | ||
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| The Winter’s Tale, directed by Nicholas Hytner, Olivier Theatre, London, 24 July 2001 (Peter J. Smith) | 86 | ||
| Hamlet, adapted and directed by Peter Brook, Young Vic Theatre, London, 24 August 2001 (Peter J. Smith) | 90 | ||
| Titus Andronicus, directed by Phil Willmott for The Steam Industry, Battersea Arts Centre, London, 22 July, 2001 (Paul Edmondson) | 93 | ||
| King Lear, directed by Barry Kyle, The Globe, London, 4 July 2001 (Peter J. Smith) | 96 | ||
| Cymbeline, directed by Mike Alfreds, The Globe, London, 26 July 2001 (Peter J. Smith) | 98 | ||
| Cymbeline, directed by Bartlett Sher, for Theatre for a New Audience, The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, 27 November 2001 (Peter J. Smith) | 101 | ||
| Macbeth, directed by Hilary Spiers for MJE Productions, Theatre Royal, Nottingham, 3 October 2001 (Peter J. Smith) | 103 | ||
| The Merchant of Venice, directed by Loveday Ingram for the RSC, The Pit Theatre, London, 8 November 2001 (Peter J. Smith) | 104 | ||
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| Le Marchand de Venise, texte français de Jean-Michel Déprats, mise en scène d’Andrei Serban, à la Comédie-Française, salle Richelieu, le 1er octobre 2001 (Guy Boquet) | 106 | ||
| La Comédie des méprises, libre adaptation et mise en scène de Marielle et Jean-François Granadel, Compagnie des Ailes Blanches au Théâtre de Verdure du Jardin Shakespeare du Pré Catelan au Bois de Boulogne, le 23 septembre 2001 (Guy Boquet) | 108 | ||
| Mesure pour mesure, texte français de Jean-Michel Déprats, mise en scène de Jacques Nichet, Théâtre National de Toulouse-Pyrénées aux Gémeaux, Sceaux, le 15 novembre 2001 (Guy Boquet) | 109 | ||
| Sonnets, chantés par Nora Krief, adaptation et conception de Pascal Collin, au Théâtre 71, Malakoff, le 19 octobre 2001 (Guy Boquet) | 111 | ||
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| REVIEWS Books | |
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| Barbara Fuchs, Mimesis and Empire: The New World, Islam, and European Identities, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001 (Ladan Niayesh) | 113 | ||
| Peter Holland, editor, Shakespeare Survey: An Annual Survey of Shakespeare Studies and Production, Volume 53, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000 (Lloyd Davis) | 115 | ||
| Kenneth Gross, Shakespeare’s Noise, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2001 (Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin) | 117 | ||
| Louis Arsac, editor, Analyses et réflexions sur Shakespeare: “Henry V”, Paris: Ellipses, 2000 (Ton Hoenselaars) | 121 | ||
| Ulrich Erckenbrecht, editor, Shakespeare sechsundsechzig: Variationen über ein Sonnett. Erweiterte Ausgabe. Kassel: Muriverlag, 2001 (Ton Hoenselaars) | 124 | ||
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| BOOKS RECEIVED (compiled by Janice Valls-Russell) | 127 |
| An Index to Cahiers élisabéthains Numbers 51-60 | 137 |
| A Subject Index to Cahiers élisabéthains Numbers 51-60 (compiled by members of the CERRA) | 157 |