1. Renaissance Theater and the Representation of Theatrical Practice: A Brief for Political Criticism -- 2. "Sathans Synagogue": The theater as constructed by its enemies -- 3. Antitheatricality Staged: The workings of ideology in Dekker's The Whore of Babylon and Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing -- 4. The Materiality of Ideology: Women as spectators, spectacles, and paying customers in the English public theater -- 5. Power and Eros: Crossdressing in dramatic representation and theatrical practice -- 6. Kings and pretenders: Monarchical theatricality in the Shakespearean history play.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-173) and index.