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Includes interviews with theatre director, Oriol Broggi. Briefly discusses his thoughts of contemporary interpretation of Shakespeare’s plays and describes his plan to perform classical reading of King Lear.

Analyzes Timon of Athens as daring tragedy representative of Shakespeare's maturity. Explores means Timon employs to explain his society. Spanish summary, online.

Offers perspective on aesthetic experience provoked by Othello. Presents brief interpretation of play's translation into French. English summary, 114; Catalan summary, 101.

Discusses relationship between Cervantes and Shakespeare, noting that while Cervantes may not have known Shakespeare, Shakespeare was aware of Cervantes. Highlights importance of First Folio in preserving many of Shakespeare's works, half of which had never been published before, and noting that many early modern plays, including some by Shakespeare, were lost. Discusses influence of romantic readers on lost Shakesepare play Cardenio, play informed by episode from Cervantes' Don Quixote. English and Spanish summaries, online. 

Explores significance of April 23, 1616, said to be day on which both Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare died. Discusses simultaneous remembrance of Cervantes and Shakespeare on April 23 as a celebration of both Spanish and English literature, emphasizing authors' lasting impact on language and culture.

Author of "Shakespeare" by Another Name: The Life of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, the Man Who Was Shakespeare (q.v.) discusses being transgender and "offer[s] . . . a small but significant hack of the book jacket cover" updated with her name.

Interviews scholar Claire Chambers about her project, "Leeds Meets Shakespeare," program aimed at teachers and five- and six-year-old children from Muslim South Asian diaspora to put Shakespeare into dialogue with contemporary authors who incorporate Shakespeare into Muslim South Asian contexts. 

Screenplay and music by David Melville. Cinematography and editing by William Lancaster. Sets by Natalie Morales.

Produced by The Independent Shakespeare Company (http://www.iscla.org), Los Angeles, CA, and streamed via YouTube, 10-20 March 2022. Available on demand via Vimeo. 118 minutes.

With Tonya Kay (Luce), Leonora Pitts (Nun), Erika Soto (Frau Müller), Peyton McCormick (Country Girl), Sabra Williams (Emilia), David Melville (Doctor Pinch), Henry Alexander Kelly (Balthazaar), Bukola Ogunmola (Adriana), Carene Rose Mekertichyan (Luciana), Brent Charles (Antipholus), William Elsman (Mysterioso), Patrick Batiste (Officer), Richard Azurdia (Angelo), Danny Campbell (Antonio), Luis Galindo (Solinus), Amanda Hootman (Carol), and David Nathan Schwartz (Drunk Guy).

Screenplay by Syam Pushkaran. Cinematography by Shyju Khalid. Edited by Kiran Das. Costumes by Mashar Hamsa; music by Justin Varghese. 

Produced by Bhavana Studios, Fahadh Faasil and Friends, and Working Class Hero. Distributed by Amazon Prime Video and available for streaming, beginning 7 April 2021. 113 minutes.

Inspired by Macbeth. With Fahadh Faasil (Joji), Spadikam Sunny (Kuttappan), Baburaj (Jomon), Joji Mundakayam (Jaison), Unnimaya Prasad (Bincy), and Alister Alex (Popy).

Cordelia Lynn, dramaturg. Sets and costumes by Moi Tran; music by Max Pappenheim.

Produced by Shakespeare's Globe Theatre (https://www.shakespearesglobe.com) at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London, 20 December 2022-4 February 2023.

With Joséphine Callies (Katharine), James Cooney (Thomas/Duke of Orleans/Gower), Georgia Frost (Nym/Williams/Rambures), Jon Furlong (Bardolph/John Bates/Constable of France), Joshua Griffin (John/Fluellen), Eleanor Henderson (Queen Isabel/Prince Louis/Monsieur le Fer), Oliver Johnstone (Henry V), Geoffrey Lumb (Charles VI/Erpingham/Governor of Harfleur), Helena Lymbery (Henry VI/Exeter), and Dharmesh Patel (Scroop/Pistol/Mountjoy).