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Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-140) and index.

Introduction: Beyond bad style, or The curious case of adaptation -- On primary adaptation: the case of Nahum Tate's King Lear -- Instances of secondary adaptation: Otway, Davenant and the birth of the cross-over episode -- Synchronous adaptation: Hamlet, Macbeth, and the double falsehood -- Love and adaptation: Antony and Cleopatra, Dryden's All for love, and Coriolanus -- Comedy, tragedy, and adaptation: The Tempest, the enchanted island, and Hamlet -- Conclusion: Bad style II, or notes toward a theory of adaptation.