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Spotlight on James Shapiro

Celebrated author and scholar James Shapiro came to the library September 16th of 2024. Check out one of his titles or a companion reading below.

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  • The Playbook

    a Story of Theater, Democracy, and the Making of a Culture War

    Shapiro, James, 1955-
    A brilliant and daring account of a culture war over the place of theater in American democracy in the 1930s, one that anticipates our current divide.
    Book, 2024New York : Penguin Press, 2024. — 792.0973 SHAPI
  • One of the plays featured by Shapiro in "The Playbook" . In depicting a man who murders to become king, Macbeth teases us with huge questions. Is Macbeth tempted by fate, or by his or his wife’s ambition? Why does their success turn to ashes?
    Book, 1997[London] : Arden Shakespeare, [1997] — 822.33 SHAKE
  • A play adaptation of this classic novel is featured by Shapiro in "The Playbook". A cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy, it is an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America.
    Book, 2014New York : Signet Classics, [2014] — FICTION LEWIS...S
  • Shakespeare in a Divided America

    What His Plays Tell Us About Our Past and Future

    Shapiro, James, 1955-
    A timely exploration of what Shakespeare’s plays reveal about our divided land.
    Book, 2020New York : Penguin Press, 2020. — 822.33 SHAKE SHAPI
  • One of the plays featured by Shapiro in "Shakespeare in A Divided America" . Shakespeare may have written Julius Caesar as the first of his plays to be performed at the Globe, in 1599. For it, he turned to a key event in Roman history: Caesar’s…
    Book, 2008Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. — 822.33 SHAKE
  • Preeminent Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro, author of Shakespeare in a Divided America, shows how the tumultuous events in 1606 influenced three of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies written that year: King Lear, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra.
    Book, 2015New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015. — 822.33x SHAKE SHAPI
  • One of the plays featured by Shapiro in "The Year of Lear". Shakespeare’s King Lear challenges us with the magnitude, intensity, and sheer duration of the pain that it represents. Its figures harden their hearts, engage in violence, or try to…
    Book, 2005New York : Washington Square Press, 2005. — 822.33 SHAKE
  • An anthology that traces how Shakespeare has shaped American history and culture—featuring pieces by Founding Fathers, Orson Welles, and other noteworthy figures.
    Book, 2014New York, N.Y. : The Library of America, 2014. — 822.33 SHAKE SHAKE
  • Featured in "Shakespeare in America", edited by James Shapiro. In Othello, William Shakespeare creates powerful drama from a marriage between the exotic Moor Othello and the Venetian lady Desdemona that begins with elopement and mutual devotion and…
    Book, 2009New York : Modern Library, 2009. — 822.33 SHAKE
  • In this remarkable book, Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro, explains when and why so many people began to question whether Shakespeare wrote his plays.
    Book, 2010New York ; Toronto : Simon & Schuster, ©2010. — 822.33 SHAKE SHAPI
  • One of the plays featured by Shapiro in "Contested Will" .Hamlet is Shakespeare's most popular, and most puzzling, play. It follows the form of a "revenge tragedy," in which the hero, Hamlet, seeks vengeance against his father's murderer, his uncle…
    Book, 2008Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. — 822.33 SHAKE
  • What accounts for Shakespeare’s transformation from talented poet and playwright to one of the greatest writers who ever lived? In this gripping account, James Shapiro sets out to answer this question.
    Book, 2005New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 2005. — 822.33x SHAKE SHAPI
  • Featured by Shapiro in "A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare, 1599" , "As You Like It" is the incredible story about love, rebellion, and generosity,
    Book, 2002Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford University Press, 2002. — YA 822.33 SHAKE
  • James Shapiro's pathbreaking analysis of the portrayal of Jews in Elizabethan England challenged readers to recognize the significance of Jewish questions in Shakespeare's day.
    Book, 1996New York : Columbia University Press, [1996] — 822.33x SHAKE SHAPI
  • Featured by Shapiro in "Shakespeare and the Jews", To win Portia, Bassanio must pass a test prescribed by her father’s will, choosing correctly among three caskets or chests. If he fails, he may never marry at all.
    Book, 2008Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008, 1998. — 822.33 SHAKE