"The game's afoot"

Cynthia Lewis is Charles A. Dana Professor of English at Davidson College in North Carolina. She regularly publishes literary criticism on Shakespeare and his contemporaries and is a recognized literary journalist.

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