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Originally delivered at the International Shakespeare Conference 2022, this expanded version of the conference paper argues that we can best apprehend Shakespeare's metre by a 'middle distant' combination of the 'distant reading' advanced by digital humanists and the 'close reading' espoused in various formalisms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A literary criticism of the book "Love's Labour's Lost" by William Shakespeare is presented. It outlines the characters and explores their symbolic significance. It examines exaggerated humour of the book and mentions that it is creative response to Shakespeare's Othello. An overview of the story is also given.

This chapter explores materials left behind once actors have left the stage. Constituting a layered installation that brings together images, marginalia, commentary and drawings, these materials turn the page into a theatrical scene, a place reminiscent of a memory theatre, housing a selection of properties, costumes and set models, archived as digital photographs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the importance of the New Bibliographical method and its application to the analysis of John Fletcher's play "Bonduca" on which Sir Walter Wilson Greg depended for his theory of foul papers. It demonstrates the failure of Greg to employ the New Bibliographical method in his unpublished 1927 manuscript "The Final Revision of Bonduca." A comparison is also made between Edward Knight's transcript of foul papers and "The Skakespeare First Folio" text by Greg, including observations on the relocation of a line or passage of dialogue.

Surviving early modern playhouse manuscripts were usually based on a transcript and were modified through time. Such documents became superfluous when copied. Only the superfluous manuscript could be sold for printing. Accordingly, this chapter distinguishes between the theatre archive and the overlapping but distinct 'archive' of printed plays [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This chapter in comparative textual criticism applies Werstine's analysis of early modem play-texts annotated to guide performance (2013) to sixteen analogous manuscripts from seventeenth-century Spanish drama. It concludes that the Spanish evidence generally supports Werstine's invalidation of Greg's notions of 'foul papers' and 'promptbooks' as categories to identify printer's copy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the recent publications in the field of editing and textual studies related to William Shakespeare. Topics include the release of various important editions such as the New Variorum Edition of King Lear, also mentions new monographs and edited collections in the field, and explores early readers interpretations of the sonnets and challenges biographical readings.

The article focuses on Carl Schmitt's fascination with William Shakespeare's "Hamlet." Schmitt is known for his hobby of "Hamlet-spotting" and among his precious find is a slip of paper titled "Hamlet-Galerie" that lists Italian Socialist Giuseppe Saragat, Pople Paul VI and Paul Sheffer as being similar to Shakespeare's Hamlet. The career of Schmitt is a favorite subject of endless debate as he was a staunch Catholic anti-parliamentarian of the right who became known during the Weimar Republic as one of the most brilliant constitutional lawyers in Germany. In his book about "Hamlet," he shared that the political thinking is inextricably bounded with the personal.

The article explores the depiction of India in William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." During the first performance of the play in 1595-96, India is the common term that describes America and when it was used in the "Calendar of State Papers, 1595-1597," only two minor instances was it used to describe the east and the rest pertains to America. The Golden Age "India" described in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" refers to what Ralegh said that England could take advantage of the untouched paradise. The speech of Oberon's queen that her reign will enlarge thy goulden dayes are seen as England's venture into the New World starting with "India."

This article examines the physical aspects and the function of the Rose, a playhouse built during the Elizabethan era in London, England. It discusses the views of Andy Gurr and Jon Greenfield that the Rose might have been used as a venue for animal baiting before being converted into a playhouse. It explores the archaeological discovery of the remains of the Rose in 1989 and its implications for Shakespearean theatre studies. It highlights Philip Henslowe's papers relating to the Rose, and describes how the papers provide an account of contemporary theatres.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses articles in the issue on topics including "Shakespeare's Poetry"; "Shakespeare and Communities" and "Late Shakespeare."

The article provides information on a roundtable held on 23 July 2021, part of the World Shakespeare Congress. It mentions that the event focused on the relationship between William Shakespeare and various aspects of world cultures, with scholars from different regions contributing their insights. The discussion included topics such as cultural appropriation, translation challenges, and the broader impact of Shakespeare's legacy in the modern world.

The article focuses on the global reach of William Shakespeare's sonnets and their connections to various cultural influences, particularly the Arabic literary tradition. It explores the early origins of the sonnet form, tracing its development from Sicilian poets influenced by Arabic culture to Shakespeare's adoption and transformation of the form. It highlights the sonnet's internationalism, with particular attention to its reception and translation across various cultures.

The article examines the significance of letter-writing in William Shakespeare's The Rape of Lucrece, focusing on how the poem's portrayal of Lucrece's letter-writing, particularly following her assault by Prince Tarquin, diverges from classical sources. It explores the political and stylistic considerations involved in her composition and the role of the letter as a dramatic device, contrasting Shakespeare's approach with that of his contemporaries, including Thomas Heywood.

The article explores contemporary adaptations of William Shakespeare's sonnets by various poets, focusing on how they incorporate original words and themes while creating new versions. It examines the use of constraints in adaptation, particularly a method termed "menogram," where poets retain elements of the original work while altering them. It discusses adaptations by Jen Bervin and Laynie Browne, highlighting their techniques and the relationship between the original and the new versions.

An introduction is presented to Shakespeare Survey, focusing on its 74th volume with the theme 'Shakespeare and Education', and it mentions the impact of the cancellation of the International Shakespeare Conference and highlights upcoming volumes and submission opportunities.

Gregory Doran, Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, gave the opening paper at the World Shakespeare Congress. He explored the immediacy of Shakespeare's writing and the ways in which his descriptions are filmic before tracing the surprisingly long history of filmed Shakespeare in the theatres of Stratford-upon-Avon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article provides information on Shakespeare editions published in 2021-2022, highlighting their importance in reimagining Shakespeare's plays for performance, whether on the stages of the Royal Shakespeare Company or in the context of early seventeenth-century central European repertories. It also discusses the 400th anniversary of the Shakespeare First Folio in 2023, raising questions about the authority of Folio texts and the material aspects of the book.

The article discusses various productions of Shakespeare's works in 2022 and how they portray the character of Shakespeare, often emphasizing the influence and contributions of women in his life. It mentions that recent scholarship has reimagined Shakespeare as a collaborator, and many productions have played with the text in ways that were once unthinkable.

This article reads Sycorax's 'hoop' as an anatomized, disarticulated spine, showing how discourses of gender, old age, race and disablement overlap to construct the body of the African female subject. It further demonstrates how 'hoop' is situated in a longer iconographic tradition linking African womanhood and the malicious English crone. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article argues that video games present a challenge for traditional adaptation theory. Through examining the representation of Romeo and Juliet in The Sims 2, it illustrates the ways in which the Shakespearian text is both transformed by and transforms the game. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

What happens when a particular work is defined as a Shakespeare adaptation simply because Shakespeare scholars say so? This article considers the case of the films House of Strangers and Broken Lance as non-adaptations of King Lear. It also examines some adaptations that put Lear's wife on-screen. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

While Michael Almereyda's film of Hamlet (2000) has attracted a good deal of critical attention, his Cymbeline (2015) has largely gone unnoticed. This close reading, drawing on correspondence with Almereyda, considers the film's concerns with Halloween and decapitation and argues that these dark materials paradoxically yield an upbeat conclusion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article analyses three digital productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream performed online during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown. It explores the adaptation and performance choices made within these productions, which reshaped the play to reflect the cultural sensibility both of lockdown and of the twenty-first century more widely. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines the creation of co-presence in digital performance, drawing on three examples: Punchdrunk's online version of Sleep No More in 2012; COVID-era teaching at the University of Birmingham in 2020, and the hybrid International Shakespeare Conference in 2022. It argues that co-presence is not dependent on sharing the same physical space, but rather on the experience of direct, human-to-human contact. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article focuses on the essence of lost plays and proposes ways to work with them in relation to the drama that survives. How do we know what we're dealing with, and how might we think differently about the ways we apprehend the corpus of early modern drama? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on Pascale Aebischer's exploration of spectatorial experiences and creative innovations in William Shakespeare's performances during the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics include the interplay and impact of online Shakespeare broadcasts, the uncanny nature of remote access to performances, and the blending of different modes of spectatorship.

The article focuses on the year's contribution to Shakespeare studies, particularly in the field of critical studies. Topics include the examination of Shakespeare's plays in relation to race and oppression, the exploration of emotions in his works, and the analysis of the pedagogical and linguistic aspects of early modern literature.

The article discusses the importance of source analysis in William Shakespeare's studies. It mentions that identified sources can provide insight into the processes of narrative adaptations to a play, it mentions that identifying and understanding Shakespeare's sources can lead to chronological development and evolution of narrative traditions to which they belong, and discusses influence of the Bible on Shakespeare's work.

A literary criticism of the book "King Edward III," by Richard Proudfoot and Nicola Bennett is presented. It retells the lives and the tragic ends of various historical figures. It outlines the character of King Edward and Lodwick his secretary and explores their symbolic significance. It discusses the irony in the scene discussed in the article and also presents some poems Petrarch's "Passa la nave mia."

A literary criticism of the play "The Winter's Tale," by William Shakespeare is presented. It outlines the characters of Leontes and Hermione and explores their symbolic significance. It examines mixed modality of the play, where at the starting it seems tragic and by the end it amuses. An overview of the story is also given.

A literary criticism of the book "Hamlet," by William Shakespeare, edition Philip Edwards. It discusses last scene of Hamlet as printed in the second Quarto of 1604–5 (Q2) which is considered textual crux. It also examines longer version of Hamlet's exchange with Horatio as printed in F. An overview of the story is also given.

A literary criticism of the book "Othello" by William Shakespeare is presented. It outlines the characters of the Desdemona in the story and explores its symbolic significance. It examines act-4, part of a Shakespearian play that Kenneth Burke calls the ‘pity' act. An overview of the story is also given.

The article discusses the socio-psychological and the clinical psychiatric effects of racial trauma on Moors in early modern stage. It discusses a murder case in Texas of an African-American girl Atatiana Jefferson in 2019 by a police officer Dean who resigned police force in 2018, it also discusses how racial injuries affects the perception of the Blackamoor and compares the incident to Shakespeare's Othello, which shows ideas of supremacy by racially traumatizing.

The article analyzes the drama "Fortunes of the Moor" by written and directed by Barbara Molette and her husband Carlton Molette. Particular focus is given to the story of the drama. The author discusses the story in detail where talks about the racist invective about Africa and Africans and discusses the play's genesis, evolution and reception, where importance is given upon white Shakespearians reparations work.

The article looks at the career and fraudulent works of William Henry Ireland, an English poet and forger of documents and plays by English dramatist William Shakespeare. Topics mentioned include the painting "The Seven Ages of Man," by George James de Wilde, Ireland's trip to Bristol in England to examine the ancient chests in the turret chamber of the church of St. Mary Redcliffe, and an image of the Malek-Lansing model of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in Columbia University in New York City.

The article reconsiders the extent to which the plays of English poet William Shakespeare may have been reshaped in the theatre. Topics include comments from Shakespeare scholar R. B. McKerrow on the editorial consequences of the changes to Shakespeare's scripts in the theatre, the dispersal of authorial authority in the model of Professor Tiffany Stern, and the knowledge of literary Shakespeare scholar Andrew Gurr of how theatre groups converted scripts into performances.

The article highlights the so-called Cowell manuscript included in the collection of the Durning-Lawrence Library bequeathed to the University of London by Lady Durning-Lawrence in 1929. Shakespearean scholar Allardyce Nicoll wrote the article "The First Baconian" in the "Times Literary Supplement" on February 25, 1932 that summarizes the content of the manuscript from Wilmot's reasons for preferring Bacon as the author of the Shakespearean canon. Wilmot is known for tracing the whereabouts of the books that might have belonged to Shakespeare but according to him, he found nothing that could have passed the hands of a man like Shakespeare.

This article focuses on the performance of William Shakespeare's plays in a postdramatic theatre, as discussed in a paper presented by Andrew Lavender and Simon Shepherd at the Thirty-Second International Shakespeare Conference held at the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon, England in August 2006. It investigates whether Lavender and Shepherd's aims was to challenge Shakespearians to think about the possibilities of a postdramatic theatre oriented around visuals and affect. It examines the relationship between academic performance and academic performativity.

The article explores the authenticity of manuscripts attributed to the English dramatist William Shakespeare by analyzing the Shakespeare forgeries of William-Henry Ireland. According to William-Henry Ireland, he discovered a trunk of papers containing Shakespeare's correspondence with Queen Elizabeth, Lord Southampton, Richard Burbage and others, as well as manuscripts of his plays such as "King Lear" and "Hamlet." It is suggested by the author that the history of the authentic Shakespeare need not be only about something that is not text, but rather that it should account for the text and its materiality.

The article focuses on recent editions and textual studies related to Shakespeare's plays and poems, highlighting the publication of the final edition in the Arden Third Series and the release of an Arden Early Modern German Shakespeare edition. It also mentions the excitement surrounding new methodologies in textual studies and the impact of an open-access database on our understanding and access to Shakespeare's folios and pre-1700 quartos.

A review of the Arden Shakespeare Third Series focusing on the series response to significant moments in scholarship including in performance history, revision and multi-text editing, authorship and collaboration. It also examines the impact of the first group of women editors on the series. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article evaluates the first pairings in the American Shakespeare Center’s initiative, ‘Shakespeare’s New Contemporaries’, which will debut at their Blackfriars Playhouse thirty-eight new plays (one for each of Shakespeare’s). With the Shakespeare plays, they engage in dialogue and, through repertory performance, the ‘New Contemporaries’ address female victimization and resolve. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

John Austen’s illustrated edition of Hamlet (1922) depicts a dark Prince with a problematic, ambiguous relationship to the Ghost. The imagery interrogates Hamlet’s agency, offering conflicting readings which render the interpretation on offer almost unique. Austen shares with his Romantic predecessor Henry Fuseli the decision to reinterpret the Ghost radically. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article considers a contemporary description of a garden temple on the Shaftesbury estate as the first ever dedicated to Shakespeare exclusively. This evidence connected to the eighteenth-century Shakespeare Ladies Club suggests the group’s involvement with the Patriot Whig opposition movement and its corresponding role in promoting unaltered Shakespeare in performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The future imagined in Shakespeare and Fletcher’s Henry VIII depends on past memories (a perspective that cognitive theory terms ‘FMTT’: future-oriented mental time travel). Through insistent allusions to Virgil, Spenser and Rowley, and funeral elegies for Henry Stuart, Henry VIII remains caught in backward- facing repetitions even while offering alt-histories and speculative futures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article identifies a Yorkist bias throughout The True Tragedy. Although it is tempting to interpret this as evidence that the play is an early draft of Henry VI Part 3, such traces are likely to be either remnants of the lost collaborative play behind both texts, or due to imperfect memorial recall by actors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

More often than not, things go wrong in amateur and one-off shows, as the Records of Early English Drama richly demonstrate. Contemporary performance theory about mistakes, ideas about schadenfreude’s theatrical modes, and the genre of the theatrical anecdote all suggest how such humilitainment binds actors and audience together. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the use of Latin and English in revenge tragedy plays performed on both university and popular stages during the Elizabethan era. It emphasizes the influence of Seneca's works on early modern playwrights and the importance of considering the interplay between different production centers. It also discusses the significance of the Thyestean language as a means of competition and cultural expression among dramatists transcending language barriers and geographical locations.