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Explores roles of alchemy, Paracelsianism (medical movement based on Paracelsus's theories and therapies), and Hermetic philosophy in Winter's Tale. Argues Winter's Tale is "symbolically retracting the healing pattern of the rota alchemica and in emphasising the Hermetic principles of unity and concord, glorifies King James's conciliatory attitude."

Examines Shakespearean adaptations written by Australian authors for children and young adults. Analyzes "Australian and international marketplaces, physical and imaginative spaces, and the body as a site of meaning" to argue that these adaptations are ideologically bound to and disseminate "Shakespearean cultural capital in contemporary ways."

Describes Raman spectroscopic examinations of over cultural heritage artefacts, related to pigments, paintings, textiles, biomaterials, corrosion, and human skeletal remains. Considers Raman spectroscopy of pigment from putative seventeenth-century portrait of William Shakespeare. English summary, 347.

Investigates how performance and embodied memory played crucial roles in changing understanding of Western concepts of "liberty" (jiyū) and "revolution" (kakumei) in aftermath of Meiji Restoration in 1868. Considers concepts of liberty and revolution within Shakespeare plays in Japanese translation, including Julius Caesar, Coriolanus, Hamlet, and Midsummer Night's Dream. 

Employs genre criticism and book history to argue that stationers constructed "remarkably influential expectations and ideas surrounding genre." Asserts publication process, in turn, "decisively shaped" genre of history play as exemplified by Shakespeare.

Uses figure of Richard III as case study through which to study and examine disability history from Tudor period to modern era. Considers representation of disability in Shakespeare's Richard III and discusses performances of Richard III's disability in modern era. 

Explores Chaucer's influence on Shakespeare’s plays, noting particular significance of the Wife of Bath (Alison) and Shakesepare's interest in trope of women "on top." Explores influence of Wife of Bath story on Merry Wives of Windsor and draws connections between Alison and John Falstaff. 

Examines early modern contentment, defined as emotional and ethical principle embodied by English Protestant psychology. Argues understandings of contentment in early modern literature was "dynamic, protective, and productive." Considers performance of contentment in As You Like It and Othello. 

Investigates use of interruptions as form in early modern dramatic literature. Argues for quoditian nature of interruption, but argues when "transformed into aesthetic phenomena" interruption illuminates connections between characters, actors and audiences, and texts and readers.

Includes one essay on Shakespeare.