by Jean I. Marsden (Author) Shakespeare's plays were not always the inviolable texts they are almost universally considered to be today. The Restoration and eighteenth century committed what many critics view as one of the most subversive acts in literary history-the rewriting and restructuring of Shakespeare's plays. Many of us are familiar with Nahum Tate's """"audacious"""" adaptation of King Lear with its resoundingly happy ending, but Tate was only one of a score of playwrights who adapted Shakespeare's plays. Between 16 Author Biography Jean I. Marsden is associate professor of English at the University of Connecticut. Number of Pages: 208 Dimensions: 0.47 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: July 15, 2014