Reproducing Shakespeare

Reproducing Shakespeare marks the turn in adaptation studies towards recontextualization, re-formatting, and media convergence. It builds on two decades of growing interest in the "afterlife" of Shakespeare, showcasing some of the best new work in this kind now being produced. The series addresses the repurposing of Shakespeare in different technical, cultural, and performance formats, emphasizing the uses and effects of Shakespearean texts in both national and global networks of reference and communication. Studies in this series pursue a deeper understanding of how and why cultures recycle their classic works, and of the media involved in negotiating these transactions.

Series Editors:

Thomas Cartelli is Professor of English and Film Studies at Muhlenberg College.  He is the author of Marlowe, Shakespeare, and the Economy of Theatrical Experience (1991), Repositioning Shakespeare: National Formations, Postcolonial Appropriations (1999), and co-author (with Katherine Rowe) of New Wave Shakespeare on Screen (2007).  His most recent publication is the Norton Critical Edition of King Richard III (2009).

Katherine Rowe is Chair and Professor of English at Bryn Mawr College. She writes about literature and media change from the Renaissance to the digital age and is a recipient of grants from the NEH, Mellon Foundation, and PA Department of Education for her work in media history. Prof. Rowe is a member of the editorial board of Shakespeare Quarterly and Associate Editor of the online edition of The Cambridge World Shakespeare Encyclopedia. She is co-author (with Tom Cartelli) of New Wave Shakespeare on Screen.