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Focuses on how original pronunciation productions "may assist in recovering puns, double entendre, and other wordplay" in Shakespeare's plays.
Analyzes projective identification in Othello and Giuseppe Verdi's Otello, arguing that both serve as studies in the projection of emotion and that music and words used musically convey complex intra- and inter-personal processes in both works. English summary, 33.
Draws on Shakespeare to explore the significance of tombs and monuments as theatrical props and as symbolic objects invoked by dramatic characters wrestling with their identities. Argues that tombs provide moral instruction, store mythic power, and record legacies.
Considers the dialectics of secrecy and ostentation, darkness and light, and display and dissimulation in Measure for Measure, contending that the play centers on the relationship between public and private life. French and English summaries.
Examines the sexual violence perpetrated against Isabella and its aftermath in Measure for Measure, using psychoanalysis to argue that the support of the Duke-Monk helps her resist the stigma of rape. French and English summaries.
Traces how Edward de Vere came to be known as William Shakespeare.
Discusses the relationships between contemporary design discourse and Shakespeare's socio-spatial experimentation, including softscapes in Macbeth, instant urbanism in King Lear, soundscapes in Tempest, and affordances ("how objects and environments cue and constrain behaviour") in Romeo and Juliet. English summary, 259.
Examines desire in the closing scene of Othello, asserting that the audience's "unutterable agony" is due to the play's removal of causality from logical explanation and ontological certainty. English summary, 278.
Explores Slavoj Zizek's concept of interpassivity in relation to Hamlet, Macbeth, and Henry V, contending that the Chorus of Henry V illustrates the mediation involved in mass entertainment and reflects on media's role in information distribution. English summary, 291.
In examining corporeal violence and symbolism attached to the human body in early modern revenge tragedies, explores how in Titus Andronicus characters manipulate periods of peace to achieve revenge.