NOT SHAKESPEARE Bardolatry and Burlesque in the Nineteenth Century
NOT SHAKESPEARE Bardolatry and Burlesque in the Nineteenth Century RICHARD W. SCHOCH School of English and Drama Queen Mary, University of London PUBLISHED BY THE PRESS SYNDICATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CBRU,UK West th Street, New York, NY -,USA Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, VIC , Australia Ruiz de Alarco´n , Madrid, Spain Dock House, The Waterfront, Cape Town , South Africa http://www.cambridge.org C Richard W. Schoch This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published Printed in the United Kingdom at the University Press, Cambridge Typeface Baskerville no. /. pt. System LATEX ε [TB] A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data Schoch, Richard W. Not Shakespeare: bardolatry and burlesque in the nineteenth century / Richard W. Schoch. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN . Shakespeare, William, – – Parodies, imitations, etc. – History and criticism . Shakespeare, William, – – Adaptations – History and criticism . Shakespeare, William, – – Appreciation – Great Britain. Popular culture – Great Britain – History – th century. English drama – th century – History and criticism. Theatre – Great Britain – History – th century. English drama (Comedy) – History and criticism. Burlesques. I. Title. PR.A S 0. –dc ISBN hardback Contents List of illustrations page viii Acknowledgments x Note on texts xiii Introduction ‘New Readings for Unconventional Tragedians’ ‘Vile beyond endurance’: the language of burlesque Shakespeare’s surrogates Shakespeare in Bohemia Politics ‘burlesquified’ Bibliography Index vii List of illustrations Thomas Blanchard as Guildenstern in a provincial production of Hamlet, c.
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