Late Shakespeare and Contemporary Drama/Literature

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In his last years, Shakespeare turned away from tragedy to a mixed mode sometimes described as 'romance'; he began collaborating with younger playwrights such as Fletcher; and he took advantage of the new theatrical resources of the Blackfriars indoor theater. We will take a chronological, historical, and performance-centered approach to the London theater scene of Shakespeare's final years, reading him in the company of his great contemporaries Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher, and John Webster.