1. Time for James Shirley / Jeremy Lopez
2. The comic and the apocalyptic in Shirley's drama / Rebecca Hasler
3. 'And you meane to rise at court, practice to caper' : the representation of the court in James Shirley's plays, 1631-36 / Peter Happé
4. Rebellion in Arcadia : Caroline anti-militarism in dramatic adaptations of Sidney / Rachel Ellen Clark
5. A conflict more fierce than many thousand battles : staging the politics of treason and allegiance in James Shirley's maritime plays, The young admiral and The court secret / Rebecca A. Bailey
6. Shirley's tragedies / Barbara Ravelhofer
7. Shirley's Dublin days : a nervous première of St. Patrick for Ireland / Robert I. Lublin
8. Papers most foul : the Melbourne Manuscript and the 'foul papers' debate / Daniel Starza Smith
9. Plotting paratexts in Shirley's The politician / Jitka Štollová
10. The drama of Shirley's poems / Philip West
11. Music in the work of James Shirley / Andrew Ashbee
12. Versification from Shakespeare to Shirley : implications for performance / Marina Tarlinskaja.