A concise guide to global performances of Shakespeare, this volume combines methodologies of dramaturgy, film and performance studies, critical race and gender studies and anthropological thick description.

This companion guides students from critical methodologies through big pictures of global Shakespeare to case studies that employ these methodologies. It uses a site-specific lens to examine global performances of Shakespeare on stage, on radio and on screen.

As well as featuring methodological chapters on modernist adaptations, global cinema, multilingual productions and Shakespeare in translation, the volume includes short histories of adaptations of Shakespeare in Southeast Asia, Latin America, the Arab world, India, the Slavic world, Iran, Afghanistan and the Farsi-speaking diaspora. It uses these micro-historical narratives to demonstrate the value of local knowledge by analysing the relationships between Shakespeare and his modern interlocutors.

Finally, thematically organized case studies apply the methodologies to analyse key productions in Brazil, Korea, Yemen, Kuwait, China and elsewhere. The final chapter considers pedagogical strategies in a global setting. These chapters showcase the how of global Shakespeare studies: how do minoritized artists and audiences engage with Shakespeare? And how do we analyse the diverse and polyphonic performances with an eye towards equity and social justice?

Alexa Alice Joubin is Professor of English, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Theatre, International Affairs, and East Asian Languages and Cultures at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., USA. She is the inaugural recipient of the bell hooks Legacy Award.

Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgements and Textual Note

The Great Globe Itself: An Introduction to Shakespeare in Heterotopia
Alexa Alice Joubin (George Washington University, USA)
Methodologies
1. Not What Shakespeare Wrote? A Strategy for Reading Shakespeare in Translation
Daniel Gallimore (Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan)
2. Shakespeare and World Cinema: A Strategy for Reading Film
Mark Thornton Burnett (Queen's University Belfast, UK)
3. Shakespeare and Multilinguistic Affairs: A Strategy for Reading Across Borders
Michael Saenger (Southwestern University, USA)
4. Shakespeare in Turkey: A Strategy for Reading Kaleidoscopic Modernity
Abdulhamit Arvas (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Big Pictures
5. Shakespeare in Iran, Afghanistan, and the Persian Diaspora
Shauna O'Brien and Ema Vyroubalova (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
6. Shakespeare and Southeast Asia
Kathy Foley (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA)
7. Shakespeare and Latin America
Anna Stegh Camati (Centro Universitário Campos Andrade, Brazil) and Maria Clara Versiani Galery (Federal University of Ouro Preto, Brazil)
8. Shakespeare and the Arab World
Katherine Hennessey (Wenzhou-Kean University, China)
9. Shakespeare and India
Thea Buckley (Queen's University Belfast, UK)
10. Shakespeare and the Slavic World
Natalia Khomenko (York University, Canada)
Case Studies
11. Haider Revisited: Postcoloniality and the Reception of Shakespeare Adaptations
Amrita Sen (University of Calcutta, India)
12. Korean Shamanic Ritual, Yang Jung-ung's Hamlet, and Oh Tae-suk's The Tempest
Hyon-u Lee (Soon Chun Hyang University, South Korea)
13. Shakespeare as a Role-Playing Game on Zoom: Virtual Theatre in Brazil During and After the Pandemic
Aline de Mello Sanfelici (Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná in Curitiba, Brazil)
14. Shakespeare and the UK: 'Brand Britain' and the British Shakespearean repertoire, 1997-2017
Stephen Purcell (University of Warwick, UK)
15. Wayne & Shuster's Shakespearean Slapstick on Canadian Radio and Television
Jennifer Drouin (McGill University, Canada)
Coda
16. Teaching Global Shakespeare in Yemen, Kuwait, and China: An Interview with Katherine Hennessey
Alexa Alice Joubin (George Washington University, USA)
Index