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Presents evidence that copy of Shakespeare's First Folio (1623) held at Rare Book Department at Free Library of Philadelphia belonged to John Milton. Uses bibliographic, paleographic and contextual evidence (including hundreds of handwritten marginal inscriptions in First Folio) to reassess Shakespeare's influence on Milton's writings. 

Discusses recently-discovered copy of Macbeth owned by playwright Samuel Beckett as student at Portora Royal in 1922. Investigates copy's marginalia and traces of reading to gain insight into Shakespearean influences on Beckett's own playwriting. English summary, online. 

Explores Shakespeare's use of sonnet form and components—including iambic pentameter, quatrains and sestets, and rhyming couplets—in other forms of writing like plays and long poems. Considers Thomas Thorpe's edition of Shakespeare's sonnets published in 1609 as well as Shakespeare's influence on Richard Barnfield's homoerotic verse. 

Discusses how Ontario's Stratford Festival navigated COVID-19 pandemic, from cancelling theatre season in 2020, to outdoor performances and digital performances in 2021, to resumption of indoor performances in 2022. Describes performances of Shakespeare plays at Festival in various theatrical conditions (digital, outdoor and indoor) in 2021 and 2022.

Discusses Shakespeare's relevance within context of contemporart global crises. Ponders Shakespeare's "contemporaneity" as theorized by Giorgio Agamben and considers Shakespeare's ability to address global “state of emergency” as theorized by Walter Benjamin. Considers adaptation of Julius Caesar by Àlex Rigola as case study. English and French summaries, 98. 

Discusses experimental Shakespearean performance at the Várszinház Festival in Gyula, Hungary in relation to  tourism and national identity. Considers 2013 production of Hamlet and 2016 adaptation of Richard III, to argue they "exemplify the ways that Shakespeare can be made to play with and against this richly meaningful performance site." English and French summaries, 44.

Investigates Shakespeare portrayal of Jewish community in Venice in Merchant of Venice. Considers to what extent Venetian Jewish community, as depicted by Shakespeare, differed from English community in sixteenth-century London.

Argues that "genuine, noble friendship" transcends potential erotic relationships in Hamlet and Merchant of Venice. Considers how such form of friendship operates in relation to "political danger" in Hamlet and "religiously mixed merchant community" in Merchant of Venice. 

Includes two essays on Shakespeare.

Produced by Zoom Shakespeare Productions (https://www.facebook.com/ZoomShakespeare) at the Cone Man Running Productions Theatre, Houston, TX, 17-26 March 2023.

With John Wayne Tingley (Claudio), Rebecca Bernstein (Beatrice), Steven Saltsman (Benedick), Ty Fisher (Leonato), Patrick Barton (Antonio), Kealoha Petersen (Pedro), Grace Ojionuka (Johnna), Jennie-Dee Guys (Hero), Elyse Freeman (Borachio), Fiona Ajayi (Conrade), Meaghan Avocato (Margarget), Hayley Beiermeister (Ursula), Anjana Menon (Friar Francis), Shannon Murray (Dogberry), Tyson Douglas Rand (Verges), and Mitchell Jackson (Balthasar).