This collection of Shakespeare’s plays and motifs have been appropriated in fragmentary forms on screen since motion pictures were invented in 1893. Allusions to Shakespeare haunt our contemporary culture in a myriad of ways, whether through brief references or sustained intertextual engagements. This collection extends beyond a US-UK axis to bring together an international group of scholars to explore Shakespearean appropriations in lesser-known films and unexpected contexts in India, Brazil, Russia, France, Australia, South Africa, East-Central Europe and Italy.  Alexa Joubin is founding Co-Director of the Digital Humanities Institute and Professor of English, Theatre and Dance, East Asian Languages and Literatures and International Affairs at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., USA. She has published extensively on globalization and Shakespearean performance, and is a Co-General Editor of the Shakespearean International Yearbook. She has co-founded and co-directs the MIT Global Shakespeares open access digital archive, http://globalshakespeares.org/.weiterlesen