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Offers historically accurate and "constructively valid virtual model" of first Globe Theater, reassessing its shapes and dimensions. Employs main architectural hypotheses and theories proposed by scholars to provide most accurate virtual model possible for education and research purposes. English summary, 1104.

Addresses relationship between high school Shakespeare instruction and systemic racism in context of segregated secondary education system in United States. Explores how Shakespeare’s cultural capital assures his problematic continued appearance on high school curricula across United States, stating how, for marginalized students, Shakespeare purportedly functions as “assimilationist armor for social and economic survival.”

Tobias Millard, assistant director. Sets and costumes by Sorcha Corcoran; lighting by Stuart Glover.

Produced by Lazarus Theatre Company (https://www.lazarustheatrecompany.co.uk/) at Southwark Plahouse, London, 12 January-4 February 2023.

With Michael Hawkey (Hamlet), Lexine Lee (Ophelia), Sam Morris (Laertes), Alex Zur (Horatio), Amber Mendez-Martin (Rosencrantz), Raj Swamy (Guildenstern), Juan Hernandez (Player King), Kiera Murray (Player Queen), Kalifa Taylor (First Player), and Micha Colombo (The Voice).

Edited by Agata Cierniak. Cinematography by Piotr Rosolowski. Music by John Gürtler and Jan Miserre.

Produced by Balapolis, Kundschafter Filmproduction, Canal + Polska, Sudwestfunk Baden-Baden, and Chicken and Egg Pictures, 2022. 85 minutes.

Ukranian actors perform in experimental production of Hamlet.

Reflects on recent experiences as actor in Globe Ensemble. Discusses his childhood introduction to Shakespeare and his recent performances in Much Ado About Nothing and Tempest.

Reflects on significance of Shakespeare First Folio (1623) on occasion of four-hundredth anniversary of its publication, discussing importance of its inclusion of eighteen never-before printed Shakespeare plays and how text’s vision of English history shaped England’s national identity.

Interviews Education personnel from Shakespeare’s Globe about programming designed to get children involved and interested in Shakespearean performance.

Offers transhistorical meditation on oak timbers of contemporary Shakespeare’s Globe theatre.

Roberta Zurich, assistant director. Sets and costumes by Grace Smart; music by Laura Moody.

Produced by Shakespeare's Globe Theatre (https://www.shakespearesglobe.com) at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London, 29 February-16 April 2023.

With Toby Barnett-Jones (Mamillius), Samuel Creasey (Clown), Ed Gaughan (Autolycus), Colm Gormley (Antigonus/Old Shepherd), Nadine Higgin (Paulina), Beruce Khan (Camillo), John Lightbody (Polixenes), George Robinson (Mamillius), Bea Segura (Hermione), Sarah Slimani (Florizel), Sergo Vares (Leontes), and Jacoba Williams (Perdita).

Indiana Lown-Collins, assistant director. Sets and costumes by Rosie Elnile and Grace Venning; lighting by Ali Hunter; and music by Jasmin Kent Rodgman, Liv Morris, and George Heyworth.

Produced by Shakespeare's Globe Theatre (https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/) at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London, 19 January-15 April 2023.

With Daneka Etchells (Mutius/Lucius), Kirsten Foster (Tamora), Bea Holland (Bassianus/Quintus/Martius/Nurse/Midwife/A Fly/Clown/Aemilius), Mei Mei MacLeod (Chrion), Lucy McCormick (Saturninus), Georgia-Mae Myers (Alarbus/Lavinia), Sophie Russell (Marcus), Mia Selway (Demetrius), Katy Stephens (Titus Andronicus), and Kibong Tanji (Aaron).