Table of Contents
Introduction Delia Jarrett-Macauley
Part One: Shaping the Debate
1. The Bard Abroad in Africa Eldred Duromi Jones
2. Classical Binglish.
Binglish-A Jungli Approach to Multiculturalism Jatinder Verma
3. Diversity -- Challenge and Gain Naseem Khan
4. Ayanna Thompson in conversation with Dawn Monique Williams
Part Two: The Diverse Bard on Stage
5. ‘Why then the world’s mine oyster/Which I with sword will open’
Africa, diaspora, Shakespeare: Cross-cultural encounters on the global stage Michael Pearce
6. Will we ever have a Black Desdemona? Inclusive Casting at the RSC Lynette Goddard
7. Much Ado about Knotting: Arranged Marriages in British-Asian Shakespeare Productions Varsha Panjwani
8. David Thacker and Bill Alexander: mainstream directors and the development of multicultural Shakespeare Jami Rogers
9. Conversations with Black Actors Michael Macmillan
Part Three: The Creative Professionals
10. 1960s Birmingham to 2012 Stratford-upon-Avon Iqbal Khan
11. Dancing Since Strapped to their Mothers’ Backs: Movement Directing on the RSC’s African Julius Caesar Diane Alison-Mitchell
12. Tropical Shakespeare Pat Cumper
Part Four: Changing Spaces, Changing Minds
13. ‘Souks, Saris and Shakespeare’ Sita Thomas
14. Brave New Bard: Shakespeare and Intersectional Feminism in the British Classroom Terri Power
Index