Machine generated contents note: Introduction: the authenticity of mediation; 1. Trial representations: live and scripted testimony in criminal prosecutions; 2. Judicial digest: Edward Coke reads the Essex papers; 3. Performance anxiety: bringing scripts to life in court and on stage; 4. Royal depositions: Richard II, early modern historiography, and the authority of deferral; 5. The reporter's presence: narrative as theatre in The Winter's Tale; Epilogue: the theatre of the twice-told tale; Select bibliography.
Theatre and testimony in Shakespeare's England : a culture of mediation by Holger Schott Syme. ISBN 9781107011854. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.