Introduction 1. Shakespeare and the idea of late writing 2. The Shakespearean caesura: genre, chronology, style 3. The invention of late Shakespeare: subjectivism and its discontents 4. Last words / late plays: the possibility and impossibility of late Shakespeare in early modern culture and theatre 5. How old is 'late'?: late Shakespeare, old age, King Lear 6. The Tempest and the uses of late Shakespeare in the theatre: Gielgud, Rylance, Prospero.
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