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In analyzing the ambiguous portrayal of Richard's physical deformity in Richard III, turns to a production of Richard III (2000) in postcommunist Czech Republic in order to examine how portrayals of disabilities in the Renaissance relate to contemporary political tensions surrounding discourses on humanity, masculinity, and citizenship.

Discusses the trajectory of a course, "Shakespeare and Disability" to demonstrate how disability pedagogy can become a reality in a classroom setting.

Draws on Shakespeare's plays to assert that early modern drama challenges rigid sensory hierarchies of the period and incorporates the "lower" senses of touch, taste, smell, and hearing as well as the revered sense of sight. Argues that the "lower" senses were sites of emergent ideas about affective exchange, politics, aesthetics, language, and gender. English summary.

Focuses on how illustrators make "visual statements" in adapting Romeo and Juliet to argue for the importance of analyzing visual components of adaptations of Shakespeare for children.

Examines the editing process of Finnish translation of Shakespeare's plays, arguing for the importance of the copyeditors' and the consultants' work as part of the translation process. Suggests that editorial work should be included in translation research. English summary, 20.

Drawing on graphic novel adaptations of Tempest by John McDonald and Richard Appignanesi, explores how the adapters of graphic novels interpret Shakespeare as either a critique of colonialism or as a pastoral romance through the combination of images and texts.

Examines "the mutual cognitive environment" in Tempest which helps readers to understand the experience of colonialism and accounts for the sustained popularity of the play. English summary.

Using fourteen Shakespeare manga adaptations published by SelfMadeHero from 2007 to 2010, argues that the visual potential of Shakespeare can be expanded beyond theatrical art to other types of transmediation.

Drawing on King Lear to analyze two conceptions of nothingness in English political writing, argues that Shakespeare "dramatizes the tragic impossibility of reconciling [the] two ideological preconceptions." English summary, 789.

Focusing on comic book adaptations of King Lear, Tempest, and Merchant of Venice, explores the rhetorical effect of interface in the creator's construction of comic book adaptations.