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From the General Editor: Forgetting Shakespeare, Remembering Collaborators 总编辑:忘记莎士比亚，记住合作者

Shakespeare Bulletin Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.1353/shb.2022.0017

P. Kirwan

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This Bleeding Country of Old Men: Scriptive Shakespeare and Howard Brenton’s Measure for Measure 这个老人流血的国家:莎士比亚的剧本和霍华德·布伦顿的《以牙还牙》

Shakespeare Bulletin Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.1353/shb.2022.0018

L. Geddes

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Twelfth Night (review) 第十二夜(回顾)

Shakespeare Bulletin Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.1353/shb.2022.0022

Benjamin Broadribb

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Mandaar Mandaar

Shakespeare Bulletin Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.1353/shb.2022.0026

A. Sarkar

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Julius Caesar (review) 凯撒大帝(回顾)

Shakespeare Bulletin Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.1353/shb.2022.0024

Jessica Chiba

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Shakespeare on European Festival Stages ed. by Nicoleta Cinpoeş, Florence March, and Paul Prescott (review) 《欧洲节庆舞台上的莎士比亚》，尼科莱塔·辛波伊、弗洛伦斯·马奇、保罗·普雷斯科特编(评论)

Shakespeare Bulletin Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.1353/shb.2022.0030

Rowena Hawkins

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Romeo and Juliet (review) 《罗密欧与朱丽叶》(回顾)

Shakespeare Bulletin Pub Date : 2022-04-13 DOI: 10.1353/shb.2021.0070

Nora J. Williams

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Othello (review) 《奥赛罗》(评论)

Shakespeare Bulletin Pub Date : 2022-04-13 DOI: 10.1353/shb.2021.0067

Chris Klippenstein

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Gallathea (review)

Shakespeare Bulletin Pub Date : 2022-03-09 DOI: 10.1353/shb.2021.0051

Chandler G. Steckbeck

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Grassroots Shakespeare: "I love Shakespeare, and I live here": Amateur Shakespeare Performance in American Communities 草根莎士比亚:“我爱莎士比亚，我住在这里”:美国社区的业余莎士比亚表演

Shakespeare Bulletin Pub Date : 2022-03-09 DOI: 10.1353/shb.2021.0038

William Floyd Wolfgang

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