Tom Bishop, Professor of English, University of Auckland, New ZealandAlexa Alice Joubin, Professor of English, George Washington University and Research Affiliate, MIT, USA

• ContentsPrefaceGeneral EditorsPART I: SPECIAL SECTION: SHAKESPEARE AND VALUE Introduction: Simon Haines 2. Why Is Shakespeare the World’s Most-Performed Dramatist?Graham Bradshaw3. "What’s aught but as ’tis valued?": Problems of Value and Unequal Exchange in The Merchant of Venice, Troilus and Cressida, and CymbelineRos King4. "The god called Nothingness": Büchner, Shakespeare and Original SinJohn Gillies5. Sprezzatura and Cultural Capital in The Merchant of VeniceIndira Ghose6. Shakespeare and DependencyPeter Holbrook7. "Dress’d in a Little Brief Authority": Shakespeare and the Value of DissentR. S. White8. Glassy Essence and the Life of Pi: Incommensurability in Measure for MeasureSimon Haines PART II: REVIEW ESSAY9. A New Era of Global Shakespeare: The State of the Field, 2014-2015Carla Della GattaBibliographyNotes on ContributorsIndex

Tom Bishop, Professor of English, University of Auckland, New ZealandAlexa Alice Joubin, Professor of English, George Washington University and Research Affiliate, MIT, USA

• ContentsPrefaceGeneral EditorsPART I: SPECIAL SECTION: SHAKESPEARE AND VALUE Introduction: Simon Haines 2. Why Is Shakespeare the World’s Most-Performed Dramatist?Graham Bradshaw3. "What’s aught but as ’tis valued?": Problems of Value and Unequal Exchange in The Merchant of Venice, Troilus and Cressida, and CymbelineRos King4. "The god called Nothingness": Büchner, Shakespeare and Original SinJohn Gillies5. Sprezzatura and Cultural Capital in The Merchant of VeniceIndira Ghose6. Shakespeare and DependencyPeter Holbrook7. "Dress’d in a Little Brief Authority": Shakespeare and the Value of DissentR. S. White8. Glassy Essence and the Life of Pi: Incommensurability in Measure for MeasureSimon Haines PART II: REVIEW ESSAY9. A New Era of Global Shakespeare: The State of the Field, 2014-2015Carla Della GattaBibliographyNotes on ContributorsIndex

Tom Bishop, Professor of English, University of Auckland, New ZealandAlexa Alice Joubin, Professor of English, George Washington University and Research Affiliate, MIT, USA

• ContentsPrefaceGeneral EditorsPART I: SPECIAL SECTION: SHAKESPEARE AND VALUE Introduction: Simon Haines 2. Why Is Shakespeare the World’s Most-Performed Dramatist?Graham Bradshaw3. "What’s aught but as ’tis valued?": Problems of Value and Unequal Exchange in The Merchant of Venice, Troilus and Cressida, and CymbelineRos King4. "The god called Nothingness": Büchner, Shakespeare and Original SinJohn Gillies5. Sprezzatura and Cultural Capital in The Merchant of VeniceIndira Ghose6. Shakespeare and DependencyPeter Holbrook7. "Dress’d in a Little Brief Authority": Shakespeare and the Value of DissentR. S. White8. Glassy Essence and the Life of Pi: Incommensurability in Measure for MeasureSimon Haines PART II: REVIEW ESSAY9. A New Era of Global Shakespeare: The State of the Field, 2014-2015Carla Della GattaBibliographyNotes on ContributorsIndex