''Shakespeare Bulletin'' is an
academic journal
An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and ...
founded in 1982. The journal focuses exclusively on performance studies and scholarly treatment of
Shakespearean
William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's natio ...
and
early modern drama on stage and screen. Each issue contains original articles as well as theatre, film, and book reviews. Theatre coverage encompasses the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and many other countries. In 1992 the ''Bulletin'' incorporated the ''Shakespeare on Film Newsletter'', which had been in publication since 1976. The current editor is Dr Peter Kirwan of
Mary Baldwin University
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in the United States.
The journal is published quarterly in Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter by the
Johns Hopkins University Press. Annually, the journal publishes approximately 20 articles, 40-50 theatre/film reviews and a number of reviews of performance-oriented books.
Special issues have covered such issues a
'Shakespeare and Social Justice in Contemporary Performance''Labor in Contemporary Shakespeare Performance
the relationship betwee
and the work o
Essays are reviewed anonymously, and the journal has a series of published guidelines on best scholarly practice for transparent, supportive, and rigorous peer review and editing processes.[See 'Publication Ethics']
Shakespeare Bulletin Official website
and 'Shakespeare Bulletin peer review guidelines
See also
*Shakespeare's plays
Shakespeare's plays are a canon of approximately 39 dramatic works written by English poet, playwright, and actor William Shakespeare. The exact number of plays—as well as their classifications as tragedy, history, comedy, or otherwise—is a ...
*English Renaissance theatre
English Renaissance theatre, also known as Renaissance English theatre and Elizabethan theatre, refers to the theatre of England between 1558 and 1642.
This is the style of the plays of William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe and Ben Jonso ...
* Shakespeare on screen
References
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External links
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Literary magazines published in the United States
Shakespearean scholarship
Johns Hopkins University Press academic journals
Quarterly journals
English-language journals
Academic journals established in 1982
Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's natio ...
1982 establishments in Maryland