Explores the place of Shakespeare in relation to artistic practices and activities past and presentThis substantial reference work explores the place of Shakespeare in relation to cultural processes that take in publishing exhibiting performing reconstructing and disseminating The 30 newly commissioned chapters are divided into 6 sections Shakespeare and the BookShakespeare and MusicShakespeare on Stage and in PerformanceShakespeare and Youth CultureShakespeare Visual and Material CultureShakespeare Media and CultureEach chapter provides both a synthesis and a discussion of a topic informed by current thinking and theoretical reflection Key FeaturesAddresses Shakespeare in terms of a global frame of referenceChapters consider chronology and overview critical history and analysisResponds to a growing critical and pedagogical interest in the relations between Shakespeare the arts film performance and mass media more generally