Interviews

Interview with Alexa Alice Joubin

By MIT Global Shakespeares | November 30, 2021

How might we de-colonize hegemonic knowledge production about East Asia and its relationship with the West? A recent interview with Alexa Alice Joubin draws on new perspectives on cultural exchange in her book, Shakespeare and East Asia (Oxford University Press, 2021), which promotes treatment of Asian performing arts as original epistemologies rather than footnotes to the white, Western canon, and theory. Read More

Peter Donaldson talks about the MIT Global Shakespeares digital archive

By MIT Global Shakespeares | February 12, 2015

Shakespeare Digital Brasil visited MIT and spoke with Literature Professor Peter Donaldson about how he became involved in digital research and scholarship and why a digital archive for Shakespeare is important. Read More

Interview of Ing K, Director of Shakespeare Must Die

By MIT Global Shakespeares | September 02, 2013

Even before Shakespeare Must Die, Ing K was known as a provocative filmmaker. Read More

James Shapiro: “The rest of the world is showing its insights into Shakespeare”

By Liana de Camargo Leão | September 01, 2013

James Shapiro, the Larry Miller Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University Read More

Tina Packer

By MIT Global Shakespeares | September 01, 2013

Packer’s play “Women of Will” is an examination of the women in Shakespeare’s works. Read More

Q&A with David Yip

By MIT Global Shakespeares | November 07, 2011

A session with Actor David Yip during the King Lear UK tour. Read More

Q&A with Zhou Ye Mang

By MIT Global Shakespeares | November 07, 2011

An interview session during the King Lear UK tour. Read More

Interview of Oh Tae-suk, Korean Director

By Alexa Alice Joubin | October 01, 2011

Master Oh is founder and artistic director of Mokhwa Repertory Theatre Company. Read More

Ma Yong’an: Excerpt from an Interview

By Alexa Alice Joubin | April 05, 2010

Ma’s jingju Othello is the first jingju Shakespeare since the foundation of the People’s Republic in 1949. Read More

Wu Hsing-kuo: Excerpt from an Interview