ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Once again I am grateful to Focal Press and Routledge for invaluable assistance in making this book possible, especially Stacey D. Walker, Meredith Darnell, Kristina Siosyte, and Neil Dowden. In addition I want to thank Denice Hicks, Artistic Director of Nashville Shakespeare Festival, Jere Hodgin, and Dr. Robert W. Sawyer, Professor in the Department of Literature and Language, East Tennessee State University.