Full Description
Like the age-old feud between the Montagues and Capulets in Romeo and Juliet, the enduring rivalry between the Boston Celtics and the LA Lakers makes for great drama. Macbeth's career began with promise but ended in ruin--not unlike Pete Rose's. Twelfth Night's Viola's disguise as a boy to enter into a man's world is echoed in Babe Didrikson Zaharias' challenge to the pro golf patriarchy when she competed in the Los Angeles Open.
Exploring parallels between Shakespeare's plays and famous events in the world of sports, this book introduces seven of the best-known plays to the sports enthusiast and offers a fresh perspective to Shakespeare devotees.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1. "Ancient grudges": Rivalry in Romeo and Juliet and the Lakers versus the Celtics
delete deleteInside Shakespeare: Pronouns in Romeo and Juliet
2. "Glory like a shooting star": Richard II, Over-Confidence and "The Miracle on Ice"
delete deleteInside Shakespeare: Subtext in Richard II
3. "The uses of adversity": The 1988 World Series, Kirk Gibson and As You Like It
delete deleteAn Interview with Coach Bob McKillop
4. "Even play of battle": Henry V, Agincourt and Super Bowl III
delete deleteAn Interview with Kevin and Della O'Neill, Leicester City Soccer Fans
5. "I am the man!" Twelfth Night and Women of Prowess
delete deleteInterview with Shakespearean Actor Graham Smith
6. "Vaulting ambition": Team versus Self and Macbeth
delete deleteInside Shakespeare: Macbeth and the Question of Emphasis
7. "Sea change": The Tempest, Andre Agassi and Second
deleteChances
delete deleteInside Shakespeare: Over-Simplification in and of The Tempest
Appendix: Professional Actors Comment on Parallels Between Spectator Sports and Shakespearean Performance
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
