The essays in Staging the Renaissance show the theatre to be the site of a rich confluence of cultural forces, the place where social meanings are both formed and transformed. The volume unites some of the most challenging issues in contemporary Renaissance studies and some of our best-known critics, including Stephen Orgel, Margaret Ferguson, Cath

David Scott Kastan, Peter Stallybrass

Acknowledgments, 1. Introduction: Staging the Renaissance, Part I The Conditions of Playing, Part II The Plays, Notes on Contributors