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Adapted by Brigid Larmour and Tracy-Ann Oberman. Tracy-Ann Oberman, Associated Director. Erran Baron Cohen, composer. Matt Ledbury, production manager. Costumes and set by Liz Cooke, lighting by Rory Beaton; sound by Sarah Weltman; video editing by Greta Zabulyte.

With Tracy-Ann Oberman (Shylock, billed as "the first female Shylock"), Joseph Millison (Antonio/Arragon), Georgie Fellows (Portia), Gavin Fowler (Bassanio), Evie Hargreaves (Mary/Nerissa), Gráinne Dromgoole (Jessica), Xavier Starr (Gratiano/Police Officer), Mikhail Sen (Lorenzo, Maharajah), Alex Zur, and Elly Roberts.

Lucy Skilbeck, associate director. Nina Dunn, production designer. Sets and costumes by Jon Bausor, lighting by Paul Keogan, sound and music by Ben and Max Ringham, choreography by Aletta Collins. 

With Kenneth Branagh (Lear), Mara Allen (Curan), Deborah Alli (Goneril), Raymond Anum (Burgundy), Melanie‑Joyce Bermudez (Regan), Doug Colling (Edgar), Dylan Corbett‑Bader (France), Eleanor de Rohan (Kent), Chloe Fenwick‑Brown (Oswald), Joseph Kloska (Gloucester), Corey Mylchreest (Edmund), Hughie O’Donnell (Cornwall), Caleb Obediah (Cornwall), and Jessica Revell (Cordelia).

Reports on 2021 World Shakespeare Congress roundtable about gender and sexuality. Considers intersections of theortical approaches and practices including feminist Asian interpretations, critical race and trans studies, language and gender, "speculative philology and queer futures," and cross-gender casting. English summary, 348.

Reports on the 2021 World Shakespeare Congress roundtable, "Translation: The State of the Field." Offers translators perspectives on history and legacies of Shakespearean translations; translating drama; "interlinguistic and intersemiotic translations," and translators as editors and collaborators. English summary, 346.

Describes online performances presented at the 2021 Digital Asian Shakespeare Festival, including Nelson Chia's Lear is Dead, Miyagi Satoshi's Othello: Mugen no Ai (The Miyagi Noh Othello), Annette Leday's Kathakali King Lear. Describes importance of Wu Hsing-Kuo to jingju adaptations of Shakespeare, Ong Keng Sen's Sinaporean productions, and Yang Jung-Ung's Korean productions. English summary, 349.

Cherilyn Woo, assistant director. Producer, Mia Chee. Stage manager, Tan Xiang Yi. Sets by Nelson Chia, lighting by Genevieve Peck, sound by Chong Li-Chuan, Costumes by Loo An Ni.

Adaptation of King Lear. With Mia Chee, Hang Qian Chou, Neo Hai Bin, Timothy Wan, Jodi Chan, and Shu Yi Ching.

Summarizes discussion from roundtable at the 2021 World Shakespeare Congress about race and postcoloniality. Emphasizes "connected histories," changing categories, the need for diverse voices, and positions scholars working on these topics as an "affective community." English summary, 348.

Offers director's perspective on the value of Shakespeare. Compares dramaturgy of his Titus Andronicus with Titus 2.0 (q.v. both). English summary, 349.

Screenplay by Chloé Zhao and Maggie O'Farrell, based on O'Farrell's novel (q.v.). Produced by Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg, and Sam Mendes. Cinematography by Łukasz Żal. Music by Max Richter.

Produced by Hera Pictures, Neal Street Productions, Amblin Entertainment, and Book of Shadows; distributed by Focus Features (United States) and Universal Pictures (International). 126 minutes.

With Jessie Buckley (Agnes Hathaway); Paul Mescal (William Shakespeare); Emily Watson (Mary Shakespeare); Joe Alwyn (Bartholomew Hathaway); Jacobi Jupe (Hamnet Shakespeare); Olivia Lynes (Judith Shakespeare); Justine Mitchell (Joan Hathaway); David Wilmot (John Shakespeare); Bodhi Rae Breathnach (Susanna Shakespeare); Freya Hannan-Mills (Eliza Shakespeare); James Skinner (Gilbert Shakespeare); Elliot Baxter (Richard Shakespeare); Dainton Anderson (Edmond Shakespeare); Louisa Harland (Rowan Hathaway); and others.

Explores themes of exile in Shakespeare's works, categorizing them as "disastrous," "beneficient," "neglected," and "projected." Focuses particularly on As You Like It and Tempest in performance. English summary, 346.