The Author: Alan R. Young has written extensively on Shakespeare, emblem literature, the English Renaissance, and the literature of Atlantic Canada. He studied at the Universities of Bristol, East Anglia, East Africa, and Alberta, and he has taught at Simon Fraser University and Acadia University. He is now Emeritus Professor of English at Acadia University.

• Contents: Punch and its readers, writers and artists – Readership of Punch – Identities of writers and artists who worked for Punch – Punch, Shakespeare, and the Theatre – Particular attempts by Punch artists and writers to promote appreciation of Shakespeare – Punch and Shakespeare Transposed – Reactions of Punch to transposition of Shakespeare into other media – Burlesques of Shakespeare in Punch.

The Author: Alan R. Young has written extensively on Shakespeare, emblem literature, the English Renaissance, and the literature of Atlantic Canada. He studied at the Universities of Bristol, East Anglia, East Africa, and Alberta, and he has taught at Simon Fraser University and Acadia University. He is now Emeritus Professor of English at Acadia University.

• Contents: Punch and its readers, writers and artists – Readership of Punch – Identities of writers and artists who worked for Punch – Punch, Shakespeare, and the Theatre – Particular attempts by Punch artists and writers to promote appreciation of Shakespeare – Punch and Shakespeare Transposed – Reactions of Punch to transposition of Shakespeare into other media – Burlesques of Shakespeare in Punch.

The Author: Alan R. Young has written extensively on Shakespeare, emblem literature, the English Renaissance, and the literature of Atlantic Canada. He studied at the Universities of Bristol, East Anglia, East Africa, and Alberta, and he has taught at Simon Fraser University and Acadia University. He is now Emeritus Professor of English at Acadia University.

• Contents: Punch and its readers, writers and artists – Readership of Punch – Identities of writers and artists who worked for Punch – Punch, Shakespeare, and the Theatre – Particular attempts by Punch artists and writers to promote appreciation of Shakespeare – Punch and Shakespeare Transposed – Reactions of Punch to transposition of Shakespeare into other media – Burlesques of Shakespeare in Punch.