This collection focuses on contemporary remakings of Shakespeare in a variety of contexts and textual forms. Located at the intersection of Shakespeare studies, performance studies, post-colonial criticism and cultural studies, the essays address the question of how Shakespeare's plays affect and are affected by their environments as they are transposed into a variety of media, cultures, geographical locations, genres and historical moments. The volume includes articles on Shakespeare in American sign language, theatre, film, screenplay, music, documentary and soap opera.

Introduction: Remaking Shakespeare: Performance Across Media, Genres and Cultures; P.Aebischer and N.Wheale Shakespeare in the Fourth Dimension: Twelfth Night and American Sign Language; P.Novak Modernity, Post-Coloniality and Othello: The Case of Saptapadi; P.Chakravarti Reading 'Other Shakespeares'; P.Trivedi Othello's Travels in New Zealand: Shakespeare, Race and National Identity; C.Silverstone 'Alas poor country!': Documenting the Politics of Performance in Two British Television Macbeths Since the 1980s; S.Greenhalgh Julius Caesar in Interesting Times; J.Chothia Will! Or Shakespeare in Hollywood: Anthony Burgess's Cinematic Presentation of Shakespearean Biography; K.H.Smith The Singing Shakespearean: Kenneth Branagh's Love's Labour's Lost and the Politics of Genre; R.Wray Romeo and Juliet: The Rock and Roll Years; R.Shaughnessy Re-Incarnations; B.Hodgdon Index