This series of 'minigraphs' offers a more personal approach to Shakespeare criticism and interpretation, seeking to appeal to playgoers, students, and actors, while still offering cutting-edge scholarship crossing political, theoretical, and disciplinary boundaries. In this pocket (5x8") book, Kelly, resident dramaturge at the California Shakespeare Theater, merges her response to Shakespeare's King Lear with public discourses on Australia's history and culture, touching on women's rights, aboriginal identity, racism, immigration, and the treatment of the elderly. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)