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Oxford Shakespeare Topics
Shakespeare and Disability Studies
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OXFORD SHAKESPEARE TOPICS
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Oxford Shakespeare Topics
GENERALEDITORS:LENACOWENORLIN,
PETERHOLLAND,ANDSTANLEYWELLS
Shakespeare and
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Acknowledgements
I’m grateful to the editors of the Oxford Shakespeare Topics Series,
Lena Cowen Orlin, Peter Holland, and Stanley Wells, as well as to
Ellie Collins at Oxford University Press, for encouragement and
support.Thankyoutothosewhocommentedonchaptersinprogress,
amongthemFranTeague,LindaZatlin,LisaUlevich,AlisonLigon,
Allison Kellar, and Cordaro Shaw. Thank you to David Bellwood
(Shakespeare’sGlobe), Josefa MacKinnon (RoyalShakespeare Com-
pany), and Julie Simon (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), who gener-
ously gave their time for Skype interviews: I’m grateful for their
contributiontothisbookandtotheworkofcreatingaccesstotheatre
for people with disabilities. Portions of Chapter3 first appeared as
“Autistic Culture, Shakespeare Therapy and the Hunter Heartbeat
Method” in Shakespeare Survey 72 (ed. Emma Smith, 2019,
pp.256–67)andarereprintedherewiththepermissionofCambridge
UniversityPressthroughPLSclear.Thankyoutomyresearchassist-
ants, Jabril Lovelady and Artimus Cunningham: Jabril was always
patient with me, and Artimus learned first-handabout working with
andthroughcriptime.Thankstothefriendswhohelpedmetothink
throughchaptersandworkthroughstress,especiallyStephanieFran-
kum Lewis, Andera Joy Richardson, and Alice Sheppard. Finally,
thank you to my amazing husband, Matt Loftis, and my wonderful
mother, Susan Freeman, whoprovided emotional support, childcare,
andpeptalks.
I’m grateful to my students at Morehouse College, especially the
students in my Introduction to Disability Studies classes and my
Disability and Race classes during the 2018–20 school years. Many
students participated in discussions about the disability issues dis-
cussed in this book during class, during office hours, and by email:
specialthankstoCordaroShaw,StevenAnderson,JulianHemmings,
ArtimusCunningham,JabrilLovelady,andDaleKight.
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Contents
Introduction:Theory,Access,Inclusion 1
1. Cripping(andRe-Cripping)Richard:WasRichardIII
Disabled? 18
2. MakingitAccessible:BuildingAccessinShakespearian
Spaces 51
3. PlayforAll:ShakespeareTherapyandtheConceptof
Inclusion 77
4. NeurodiverseShakespeares:MentalDisabilityin
StillDreaming 101
Afterword:TheBrilliantRedofShakespeare 119
Notes 123
FurtherReading 133
Index 137
