The essays collected in the present volume are the result of a long-term
project. An international group of scholars addressed questions
connected with the relation of the changing concepts of history and the
status of history in Shakespearean plays in reading and in actual
representation on the stage. Especially interesting aspects of the
research deal with the transposition of the time and place of
Shakespeare's plays to the time and place of their reception within the
context of historical awareness; equally fascinating are the studies
which up the perspectives of the medieval and Renaissance contexts.
Memory and how in operates (or how we operate it) turns out to be an
indispensable complement to the research on the literary and dramatic
representation of history. The variety of problems and aspects tackled
here opens up interesting insights into the diversity of experience of
and reflection on history and representation of history in Shakespeare's
plays.