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Traces intertextual allusions to Shakespeare in Samuel Beckett's works, suggesting that these intertexts be considered "memotexts" because they present (mis)remembered allusions and lines. English summary, 78.
Shows how Shakespeare diverges from two of his sources for Troilus and Cressida (Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde and George Chapman's translation of Homer's The Iliad) by questioning "the myth of a unitary British identity" spanning back to a Trojan founding of Britain. English summary, 35.
Claims that Tempest foregrounds postmodernist themes. Reads Derek Jarman's film (q.v.) as a queer adaptation and Julie Taymor's film (q.v.) as a feminist adaptation of Shakespeare's text. English summary, 1098.
Compares Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky's change in reputation to Henry V's. "Argue[s] for [Henry V's] ultimate failure as a leader, failing to heed the lessons of his comic 'apprenticeship', in stark contrast to Zelensky," who "took his comic team with him into politics." English summary, 22.
Considers William Empson's criticism about Shakespeare (q.v.) as emblematic of modernist critical frameworks. Describes Empson's analysis of Hamlet's tragedy, Cleopatra's treachery, and Falstaff's theatricality. English summary, 83.
Reads Jane Campion's The Piano as an adaptation of Tempest, focusing on its presentation of "ugliness and monstrosity" and adaptation of Caliban figures. English summary, 104.
Explores how Szymon Kaczmarek's 2019 production, Kupiec wenecki (Merchant of Venice) "uses the fate of Jewish and female characters in the play to comment on the marginalised in present-day Poland," exploring issues of anti-Semitism and xenophobia. English summary, 43.
Suggests that Maja Kleczewska's 2019 Hamlet at the Teatr Polski in Poznań (q.v.) reflected on "multiculturalism, Ukrainian immigration," multilingualism, and feminism. English summary, 31.
Describes how Shakespeare has been performed in early twenty-first century Dubai. Suggests that Shakespeare's "Western perspective" "may not be transferable to every single culture." English summary, 7.
Suggests that Hamlet demonstrates raison d'état (reason of state) rather than "traditional humanist Christian discourse of politics." English summary, 7.