Elizabeth of YorkThis astute book examines the cultural implications of reactions to contemporary performances in which Richard II, Lear, Prospero, Bottom, Richard III, Petruchio, and Benedick were played by women. Elizabeth Klett argues that the critical uproar in the British press provoked by these performances signals a deep seated anxiety about the status of Shakespeare within British culture. By dismissing, mocking, or railing against these women, reviewers