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Uncovers how Giuseppe Verdi and Arrigo Boito's opera Otello was influenced by nineteenth-century Italian Shakespeare star actor, Tommaso Salvini. Considers how Salvini's Italian interpretation (including forceful movements and realist elements) shaped Verdi and Boito's characterization of Otello, as outlined in their stage manual. English summary, 293.

Shows how Jeanette Winterson's novelization of Winter's Tale, The Gap of Time (q.v.) queer's Shakespeare's play by embracing, dilating, and emphasizing "silences, gaps, and absences" in the original.

Suggests that stories like Measure for Measure offer better examples of moral philosophy than constructed parables and thought experiments. Reading Measure for Measure in the debate about "'internal' and 'external' reasons for moral action," concludes that Shakespeare shows that character drives morality, but no character exists in a vacuum and it is the plurality of relationships, that is, community, that reshapes decisions. English summary, online.

Describes undergradaute course that pairs reading King Lear with a supreme court opinion, Brown v. Plata, about inhumane treatment of prisoners; Tempest with readings on restorative justice; and Merchant of Venice with Ava du Vernay's documentary 13th, about "the intersectionality of race, prison, and the law's violence." Shows value of bringing undergraduate students to study Shakespeare alongside and paired with incarcerated students. 

Suggests that Romeo and Juliet  is "(at least in part) a creative response to Doctor Faustus" that rewrites moments of "spiritual transgression or terror" as "erotic moments." Points to both plays' exploration of idolatry, showing how in Romeo and Juliet, the lovers "valu[e] each other over all other considerations," including God and faith.

Explores nomadic imagery, migration, "narrative, and exile as sites of resistance against traumatic events" in Pericles and in Mark Haddon's novelization, The Porpoise (q.v.). Relates reception history of Pericles.

"Report[s] data from the first national survey of secondary Shakespeare teaching in the UK, conducted online in 2017–18." Describes most common classroom activities: reading aloud/acting; "scene summaries and literary analysis"; watching film versions; and "historical context activities." Points to success of drawing parallels to issues relevant today to encourage student interest. English summary, 402.

Points to study result showing that effective teachers guide students to make arguments about literature based on close readings. Suggests argumentation about and with Shakespeare's texts as a way not to offer answers but to create more nuanced understandings. English summary, online.

Draws parallels between Paracelsan and homeopathic ideas of medicine and allegory and imagery in Romeo and Juliet.

Explicates role of providence in Much Ado about Nothing, Measure for Measure, Winter’s Tale, and Tempest. "Concludes that in a fallen world, tragedy is normative, whereas providential intervention is necessary for the happy endings of the discussed comedies and romances." English summary, online.