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Identifies Shakespeare as prominent cultural motif in Station Eleven (q.v.). Explores novel's "parallels between its postapocalyptic setting and Shakespeare’s world.” English summary, online.

Argues Shakespeare is useful for fostering anti-racist pedagogy. Outlines theories of anti-racism and provides overview of teaching Shakespeare "through race and anti-racism in order to expose students to the unequal structures of power and domination that are systemically reproduced within society, culture, academic disciplines, and classrooms."

Argues that Tempest is functionally two plays in one, with each play inverting the other. Argues one play ostensibly concerns life, but is revealed to be a “mortal history of destructive usurpation,” while other play, seemingly about death, is revealed to be “true transmission of life in its mystical dimension.”

Adapted by Reynaldo Piniella and Emily Lyon. Translated into Spanish by Christin Eve Cato.

Produced by Folger Theatre (https://www.folger.edu) with Classical Theatre of Harlem (https://www.cthnyc.org) at The Reading Room, Lutheran Church of the Reformation, Washington, DC, 19 January 2023.

Reading. In Spanish and English.

By Malik Work and Karen Ann Daniels. John Proctor III, dramaturg.

Produced by Folger Theatre (https://www.folger.edu) at The Reading Room, Lutheran Church of the Reformation, Washington, DC, 20 January 2023.

Reading. Elderly emcee diagnosed with early onset dementia reconnects with his children. Inspired by Shakespeare's plays and sonnets.

Compares BBC adaptaion Shakespeare Retold: The Taming of the Shrew (2015) with Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew, focusing on film's handling of infamous issue of Kate's taming. Offers feminist perspective of film. English summary, 115.

Employs keyword analysis to Iago's characterization in Othello. Investigates how Iago's speech reflects deceitful nature, especially when compared to non-deceitful characters.

Reads Hamlet against backdrop of "England’s catholic past with the rise of protestant culture in the early modern period; the meta-dramatic dimension of the play; the theatricality of Renaissance court life; [and] the play’s reflection of the emerging modern subject triggered off by the rise of reformation discourse." Considers specifically "courtly discovery of perspective" and Hamlet's request for his story to be told at conclusion of play. English summary, 33.

Explores Elizabeth I's performative power on scaffold, stage, in royal portraits and processions. Evaluates Elizabeth's reliance on spectacle to bolster authority and reach broader population. Considers connection between monarchy and performance through analysis of Henry V as “an enthusiastic display of performative kingship.” English summary, 83. Slovenian summary, 100.

Investigates representations of alcoholism within literature, to illuminate details and implications of alcohol dependence. Considers depictions of alcoholism in Shakespearean canon, particularly Macbeth and Twelfth Night. English summary, 97; Slovenian summary, 118.