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Argues that early nineteenth-century responses to Ellen Tree's portrayal of Romeo and Fanny Kemble's stage readings of male roles in Shakespearean plays indicate that both women were judged for flouting social expectations for women. English summary.

Contends that women's reading circles and American nineteenth-century female editorship of the journal Poet-lore contributed to a feminist understanding of Shakespeare which directly opposed the imperialistic and English image of Shakespeare held by Thomas Carlyle in "King Shakespeare." English summary.

Examines portrayals of Shakespeare in four British television programs: "The Shakespeare Code" episode of Doctor Who, "The Supersizers Go Elizabethan" episode of The Supersizers Go, "The Quality of Mercy" episode of Lewis, and the series Jamie's Dream School; argues that such portrayals of Shakespeare suggest a need for a broader vocabulary to describe appropriation, and offers the phrase "incidental appropriation" as a descriptor of televised portrayals of Shakespeare as both human and icon.

Using All's Well That Ends Well as a focus, explores how contrasting performance tactics may encourage or suppress a sense of reality for audiences.

Examines Philippine translations of Shakespearean texts from the late nineteenth century on as they appear in four languages (Tagalog, Kapampangan, Hiligaynon, and Bikolano) in order to find similarities, explain the existence of shifting authorships, and establish why these translations were undertaken, as they were not officially sanctioned by colonial governments. English summary, 185.

Discusses the treatment of romantic constancy and undying love in Much Ado about Nothing and Othello and John Donne's love lyrics.

In order to better understand Samuel Beckett's use of urns in Play, analyzes references to urns in Henry V and other literary texts. Suggests that urns have a paradoxical vocality and temporal aporia. English summary, 211.

Applies a new methodology that highlights variations in word occurrence to a corpus of early modern plays. Suggests that similarities can be drawn to the Maxwell's Demon thought experiment wherein "authors subconsciously favour or filter certain words, modifying the probability profile in ways that could reflect their individuality and style." English summary.

In examining early modern conceptions of selfhood and identity, turns to Shakespeare's poems and plays for examples of the intersubjective nature of early modern notions of conscience and passion.

Argues that Wittgenstein's philosophy of interiority helps explain the grammatical logic of Hamlet's experiences of introspection and to clarify the role of the passions and subjectivity in these experiences.