List of illustrations
List of contributors
Preface
Introduction. Shakespeare without his language Dennis Kennedy
Part I. The Foreignness of Shakespeare: 1. Foreign Shakespeare and English-speaking audiences John Russell Brown
2. Titus Resartus: Warner, Stein and Mesguich have a cut at Titus Andronicus Dominique Goy-Blanquet
3. Transformations of authenticity: The Merchant of Venice in Israel Avraham Oz
4. Translation and mise en scène: the example of contemporary French Shakespeare Leanore Lieblein
5. Audience, style and language in the Shakespeare of Peter Zadek Ron Engle
Part II. Political and National Appropriations: 6. Brecht and beyond: Shakespeare on the East German stage Lawrence Guntner
7. Theatrical continuities in Giorgio Strehler's The Tempest Pia Kleber
8. Between the curtain and the grave: The Taganka in the Hamlet Gulag Spencer Golub
9. Woman scorned: Antony and Cleopatra at Moscow's Vakhtangov Theatre Irena R. Makaryk
10. Hamlet in postwar Czech theatre Jarka Burian
Part III. Postmodern Shakespeare: 11. Daniel Mesguich and intertextual Shakespeare Marvin Carlson
12. Word into image: notes on the scenography of recent German productions Wilhelm Hortmann
13. Shakespeare and the Japanese stage Andrea J. Nouryeh
14. Wilson, Brook, Zadek: an intercultural encounter? Patrice Pavis
Afterword: Shakespearean Orientalism Dennis Kennedy
Index.
