America’s War on Theater
Daniel Blank reviews James Shapiro’s “The Playbook: A Story of Theater, Democracy, and the Making of a Culture War.”
Daniel Blank is an assistant professor at Durham University. His articles on Shakespeare and early modern drama have been published in journals including Renaissance Quarterly, The Review of English Studies, and Renaissance Studies. His first book, Shakespeare and University Drama in Early Modern England, was published by Oxford University Press in 2023. Before coming to Durham, he received his PhD from Princeton University and spent three years in the Harvard Society of Fellows.
Daniel Blank reviews James Shapiro’s “The Playbook: A Story of Theater, Democracy, and the Making of a Culture War.”
Daniel Blank reviews Emma Smith’s “Portable Magic: A History of Books and Their Readers.”
Daniel Blank ponders "How to Think Like Shakespeare," the new book from Scott Newstok.