An introduction to the night-watch constable -- Tradition and the individual talent : reviewing the Macbeth actor c.1740s-1890s -- New journalism, new critics c.1890-1910 -- The reviewer in transition c.1920-1960 -- New contexts, new crises (1997-2012) : reviewing from the opening of Shakespeare's Globe to the World Shakespeare Festival 2012.
Summary
Paul Prescott presents an engaging account of the ways in which theatre critics have responded to Shakespeare over four centuries.