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Analyzes how Krzysztof Warlikowski references visual arts in his 2011 production, African Tales by Shakespeare (q.v.). With attention to "the complicated, ambivalent paths of politicality in Polish theater and art," particularly to do with racialized and gendered bodies, argues that Warlikowski constructs a transitional community as audience. Translated by Soren Gauger. English and Polish abstracts, 96.

Focuses on "morpho-syntactic and semantic characteristics of adjectival compounds" in Shakespeare's sonnets. Shows that these compounds were binary, often "verbal adjectives." Concludes that English in Shakespeare's day was "much more plastic than now." English summary, 171.

Analyzes "flawed love" in Othello. English summary, 110.

Considers Hollywood film adaptations of Shakespeare's plays. Bosnian summary, online.

Compares how Ireland is depicted in Shakespeare's history plays with other works by early modern English authors. English summary, 5.

Describes early modern English women who kept herbals, notably Lady Margaret Hoby and Lady Grace Mildmay, comparing them to Helena from All's Well that Ends Well. Shows how Hoby and Mildmay "stressed the religious oblication to utilize talents," whereas Helena, of a lower social class, presents herself as "a mere tool of divine intervention." English summary 29.

Compares Polish translations of Hermione's trial scene in Winter's Tale, arguing that changing translations reflect changes in Polish legal tradition. English summary, 259.

Describes how critics attempt to find meaning in Shakespeare in a postmodern era, concluding that "the diversity of opinion is so great and the interpretations so divergent that it is difficult to provide a final answer in the quest of meanings produced by the Shakespearean texts, both in their own social context and in the postmodern era." English summary, 303.

Evaluates "opera translations" as "part of the cultural adaptation process," with extended analysis of Carlo Prospero Defranceschi's libretto for Falstaff (1799, music by Antonio Salieri) and later nineteenth-century operas. English summary, 193.

Undertakes a "quantitative analysis of the Romanian translations of 325 ribald Shakespearean puns." Compares bowlderization and bawdiness in puns translated by Dragoș Protopopescu, Adolphe Stern, and Scarlat and Dimitrie Ghica. Considers the translation and reception of these puns in communist Romania and today. English summary, 64.