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Explores madness and its relationship to anger in Twelfth Night to suggest "that while such furor brevis is usually a negative force, it may in special circumstances conduce to revelation, discovery, and comic denouement." French summary.

Analyzes how Shakespeare's Richard III performs disability, arguing that his "'deformity' is not static, nor is it easily parsed?the play upends the critical and cultural impulses to codify Richard's form into a specific, legible, bodily formation." English summary, 757.

Considers the difference in Orientalism in Othello and Salih's Season of Migration to the North (q.v.). Argues that "Salih's novel laments, rather than deconstructs, the Renaissance Shakespearean powerful Moor, as represented by Othello."

Analyzes use of music in the David Lan's 2005 As You Like It as well as Tempest, Hamlet, and Henry V from the American Shakespeare Center's 2011 Fall season (all q.v.). Argues "that the use of live music, particularly the use of music that suggests the specific chrono-or geo-location of an individual production's setting, is an appropriate tool for assisting inexperienced audiences in understanding the setting of the play."

Explores the meanings of of "kind" and "kindness" in Merchant of Venice. Argues that the relationships in the play can be understood in context of Jewish rites of circumcision, "a form of bonding based on mutual sacrifice." Also discusses the similarities between circumcision and defloration, submitting that the women in the play also work into these bonds of "queer kinship."

Argues that King John's the Bastard is a Machiavellian performer who "uses the theatrical means of an actor to manipulate the members of the English Commonwealth into fulfilling their duties an thus maintains the stability of the Commonwealth."

Discusses Machiavelli's influence on Henry V via Alberico Gentili. Focuses on Henry's appeals to religion, nationhood, and equality as a means for legitimizing English rule.

Examines the costumes, scenography, casting, rhythm of delivery, and blend of tragedy and comedy in his production of Measure for Measure (q.v.). French and English summaries.

Explores thematic analogies between Hamlet and Neil Jordan's Michael Collins using a psychoanalytic criticism, Slavoj Zizek's writings, and the theory of "extimacy." Demonstrates that literature itself can function as a critical tool. English and French summaries, 107.

Considers the problems of translations by comparing Jabra Ibrahim Jabra and Fatima Moussa Mahmoud's different translations of King Lear. English summary, 244.