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Contends that the video game Elsinore (q.v.) is a "feminist and inclusive narrative" because it centers on a "mixed-race, bisexual" Ophelia, giving both her and the audience agency to avert tragedy. English and French summaries, online.
Contextualizes Taming of the Shrew with other shrew stories and "educational writing" from humanist classrooms, arguing that the play presents "companionate marriage ... in terms of violence and obedience" while also being "very playful and knowing." English and French summaries, online.
"Challenge[s] the classic opposition between silence and speech to suggest that the two sometimes overlap" for tragic heroines such as Desdemona. Using rhetorical analysis, shows how Shakespeare constructs femininity and how Desdemona uses "eloquence to defend [her] character and integrity." English and French summaries, online.
Argues that in Richard II, 1 & 2 Henry IV, and Henry V, Shakespeare presents a paradoxical understanding of noise and parasites, where rumours need to be quelled by the "sovereign power," but that power itself is also parasitical. English summary, 87.
Points to "variation" in Shakespeare's langauge in order to validate "adaptation, ... accomodation" and "translanguaging" by English as Lingua Franca (ELF) speakers. English summary, 87.
Positions Princess Diana's death as "Shakespearean," comparing Diana to Shakespeare's tragic heroines and drawing similarities between expectations of noble women in Shakespeare's time and the late twentieth century.
Suggests that ambition "act[s] a protagonist" in Julius Caesar, drawing on "Medieval allegorical themes" and "detaching himself from his Plutarchean source." English summary, 67.
Contrasts two adaptations of Romeo and Juliet by Warren King created for No Sweat Shakespeare (q.v.), one in the "Shakespeare for Kids" series ("aimed at children 8-11") and the second in the "Modern English Shakespeare" series ("translated as an easy to read exciting teenage novel"). Uses corpus linguistics techniques to analyze King's different use of language, finding, for instance, more concrete words and simpler vocabulary in the "for Kids" edition. English summary, 43.
Provides ebooks of "modern English translations" of selected Shakespeare works.
Considers two television shows, Will and Slings & Arrows (q.v. both), in terms of adaptation theory. Argues that both shows are advanced forms of audio-visual storytelling that offer multiple layers of engagement for viewers, from the story that can stand alone to the references to Shakespeare's world and works. English summary, 33.