What has been the role played by principles, patterns and situations of conflict in the construction of Shakespeare's myth, and in its European and then global spread? The fascinatingly complex picture that emerges from this collection provides new insight into Shakespeare's unique position in world literature and culture.

List Of Figures Acknowledgements Notes On Contributors Foreword; T.Hoenselaars General Introduction; C.Dente & S.Soncini PART I: CONFLICT IN SHAKESPEARE Introduction; P.Pugliatti 'What Country, Friends, Is This?': The Performance Of Conflict In Shakespeare's Drama Of Migration; S.Schülting Killing By The Book: Scenes From The Duel Ritual; P.Pugliatti The War Of 'Nothings' In The Tragedy Of King Lear; M.Grzegorzewska Conflict And Convergence In Shakespeare's Wordplay; G.Niagolov Stage And Conflict In The Phoenix And The Turtle; B.Drenkov PART II: CONFLICT THROUGH SHAKESPEARE Introduction; C.Dente Translating Shakespeare In Sociolinguistic Conflicts: A Preliminary European Study; J.Tronch-Pérez Shakespeare And The Continental Avant-Garde Through García Lorca's El Público (1930); J.F.Cerdá Negotiating The Memory Of The People's War: Hamlet And The Ghosts Of Welfare In A Diary For Timothy By Humphrey Jennings (1944-45); A.Marzola 'In The Fearful Armour': Shakespeare, Heiner Müller And The Wall; M.R.Gomes From Individual Conflict To Interlocking Conflicts: Performing The Merchant Of Venice For New European Audiences; F.Rayner Cut 'N' Mix King Lear: Second Generation And Asian-British Identities; A.Marino PART III: SHAKESPEARE IN TIMES OF CONFLICT Introduction; M.Pfister Work Of National Importance: Shakespeare In Dartmoor; C.Calvo 'The Play's The Thing': Hamlet In A Romanian Wartime Political Prison; M.Matei-Chesnoiu 'A Tongue In Every Wound Of Caesar': Performing Julius Caesar Behind Barbed Wire During The Second World War; T.Hoenselaars 'And, By Opposing, End Them': The Rhetoric Of Translators' Polemics; A.Cetera Shakespeare's Sonnets De Profundis; M.Pfister Selected Bibliography Index