Dancing Shakespeare

This monograph is the first history of ballets based on William Shakespeare's works from the birth of ballet as an independent art form in the eighteenth century to the present. It focuses on two main questions: "How can Shakespeare be danced?", and "How can dance shed new light on Shakespeare?"

Iris Julia Bührle is a Researcher and Guest Lecturer at Stanford University's Bing Overseas Program.

1. Hamlet 2. Othello 3. Romeo and Juliet 4. Other Tragedies 5. A Midsummer Night's Dream 6. Other Comedies 7. Late Plays 8. History Plays, Poetry, Multiple Sources