Peter Kirwan is Associate Professor in Early Modern Drama at the University of Nottingham, UK. His recent books include Shakespeare and the Idea of Apocrypha (2015) and Canonising Shakespeare: Stationers and the Book Trade, 1640–1740 (with Emma Depledge, 2017).

Kirwan draws on a rich range of sources in his exploration of the company's work, augmenting his performance analyses with archival research, interviews, and, in the case of The Winter's Tale, even rehearsal observation. This latter approach is particularly fruitful in providing privileged insights into Cheek by Jowl's process and makes a valuable contribution to the burgeoning field of rehearsal studies.

• List of illustrationsSeries PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Shakespeare of Roscommon: Tracing a Cheek by Jowl ProductionThe Winter’s Tale (2016-17) and Lady Betty (1989)2. Touching the Void: Bodies and SpaceMacbeth (2009-11) and The Duchess of Malfi (1995-6)3. ‘If I were a woman’: The All-Male EnsembleTwelfth Night (2003-) and As You Like It (1991-5)4. Cutting and Cross-Cutting: Filmic Space and the TextCymbeline (2007) and The Tempest (2011-)5. Conceptual Rooms: Designing Not-Shakespeare‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore (2011-14) and Ubu Roi (2013-15)6. Empathy and LonelinessMuch Ado about Nothing (1998) and Measure for Measure (2013-)Conclusion: EvolutionsAppendixNotesReferencesIndex

Peter Kirwan is Associate Professor in Early Modern Drama at the University of Nottingham, UK. His recent books include Shakespeare and the Idea of Apocrypha (2015) and Canonising Shakespeare: Stationers and the Book Trade, 1640–1740 (with Emma Depledge, 2017).

Kirwan draws on a rich range of sources in his exploration of the company's work, augmenting his performance analyses with archival research, interviews, and, in the case of The Winter's Tale, even rehearsal observation. This latter approach is particularly fruitful in providing privileged insights into Cheek by Jowl's process and makes a valuable contribution to the burgeoning field of rehearsal studies.

• List of illustrationsSeries PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Shakespeare of Roscommon: Tracing a Cheek by Jowl ProductionThe Winter’s Tale (2016-17) and Lady Betty (1989)2. Touching the Void: Bodies and SpaceMacbeth (2009-11) and The Duchess of Malfi (1995-6)3. ‘If I were a woman’: The All-Male EnsembleTwelfth Night (2003-) and As You Like It (1991-5)4. Cutting and Cross-Cutting: Filmic Space and the TextCymbeline (2007) and The Tempest (2011-)5. Conceptual Rooms: Designing Not-Shakespeare‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore (2011-14) and Ubu Roi (2013-15)6. Empathy and LonelinessMuch Ado about Nothing (1998) and Measure for Measure (2013-)Conclusion: EvolutionsAppendixNotesReferencesIndex