Recycling Shakespeare

A study of the ways in which contemporary playwrights and directors have made use of Shakespearian material for their own purposes, and how Shakespearian classics have served as the basis for a wide variety of literary extrapolations.;Included are illustrations of the author's own work with Shakespeare and how "theatrical process" ranges from its root material and can still remain faithful to the spirit - if not always the letter - of the original works.