Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-243) and index.
'Behold the child' or parts for children -- The alphabet of memory in Titus Andronicus -- Curing thought in The winter's tale -- Precious motives, seeds of time : killing futures in Macbeth.
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'Childness' - the essential nature of being a child - remains a vital critical issue for us today. In this text, Carol Rutter shows how recent performances on stage and film have used the range of Shakespeare's insights in order to re-examine and re-think these issues in terms of today's society and culture.