Presents a method of teaching Restoration and eighteenth-century drama in which a context shaped by student characteristics and needs is built for the study of the plays and in which a single specific problem is addressed in each text to develop an understanding of the drama and the period. (DF)

Clarifies the three forms--compensatory, justificatory, and transformational--that feminist criticism usually takes and, in particular, how it applies to Shakespeare studies. Examines some women's roles in Shakespeare's plays and the effect of feminist criticism on interpretations of these characters. (JC)