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Positions the "small folio" publication of Michael Drayton's Poems (1619) in context of other early modern folios, notably, Jonson's Works (1616) and Shakespeare's first folio (1623), focusing on its "editorial construction," and authorial fashioning. English and French summaries, online.

Argues that publisher Edward Blount was invested in promoting Shakespeare's first folio for personal reasons and not just financially motivated. English and French summary, online.

Contextualizes the publication of Shakespeare's first folio with other folio publications and in terms of "competing models of authority." Emphasizes role of the King's Men in publishing and advertising Shakespeare's first folio. English and French summaries, online.

Include seven essays on Shakespeare.

Interview with François Rostain by Elsa Rooke.

Relates how fight director François Rostain's draws on the history of fencing to inform his fight choreography for Shakespeare's plays. English and French summaries, online.

"Present[s] a gallery of female performers of Shakespeare in Turkey" and contextualizes their performance and reception in terms of Turkish cultural history and rules about women's performance. English and French summaries, online.

Suggests that Miyagi Satoshi's Othello in the Noh Style [Mugen Noh] and Han Tae-Sook's Lady Macbeth (both q.v.) "facilitate re-evaluations of Shakespeare's female characters" because they are "performed in non-Anglophone and non-naturalist contexts." Argues that in these productions, Desdemona and Lady Macbeth "attemp[t] to work through traumatic memories." English and French summaries, online.

Describes how nineteenth-century Romanian actor Aristizza Romanescu drew on Ernesto Rossi's acting style, using broad physical gestures and pantomime, and Ellen Terry's interpretations, bringing intensity and composure to the roles, in order to depict strong and memorable female leads such as Ophelia and Juliet. Suggests Romanescu was actively involved in choosing and modifying the texts for performance. English and French summaries, online.

Interview with Perry Miller by Sophie Chiari and Anne-Marie Blaise.

Discusses costuming "Edward's Boys, the all-boy theatre company from King Edward VI school Stratford-upon-Avon." Describes costumes for a production of Henry V (2013, q.v.) that juxtaposed medieval, World War I, and modern elements as an homage to the 1913 production, whose cast went to fight in the war. 

Argues that early modern performances presented gender as performative, particularly because of boy actors playing women. Contends that performances today should embrace the "transgender possibilities" in Shakespeare's works. English and French summaries, online.