Poonam Trivedi is a Reader at the University of Delhi, India. Ryuta Minami is Associate Professor English at Aichi University of Education, Japan.

In this book, leading scholars in the field examine the performance of Shakespeare in Asia. Focusing specifically on the work of major directors in the central and emerging areas of Asia - Japan, China, India, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines - the chapters in this volume encompass a broader and more representative swath of Asian performances and locations in one book than has been attempted until now.

Introduction Poonam Trivedi and Ryuta Minami Part 1: Re-playing Intercultural Performance 1. East and West Shakespeare James Brandon 2. The (In-)Visibility of Shakespeare on the Contemporary Japanese Stage Ryuta Minami 3. Ariane Mnouchkine and the Orient of the Imagination: The Théâtre du Soleil's; Shakespeare Productions (1981-4) Brian Singleton 4. Shakespeare and the Indian Image(nary) : Embod(y)ment in versions of A Midsummer Night's Dream Poonam Trivedi Part 2: Re-playing Textual / Theatrical Languages 5. Fooling with Lear: A Performance History of Suzuki Tadashi`s King Lear (1984-2005) Ian Curruthers 6. What Happens When Shakespeare is Hybridized with Rock, Kabuki and Manga? : Hidenori Inoue's Postmodern Adaptations of Shakespeare Yukari Yoshihara 7. Subtitles and Sur-titles in Intercultural Shakespeare Performance Yong Li Lan 8. Parallel Archives of the Performative: The Figuring of Hamlet in Veenapani Chawla's "Hare and the Tortoise" Anita Cherian Part 3: Re-playing Ethnicity, Identity and Postcoloniality 9. To be a Shakespearean Hamlet or to be a Chinese Prince: Three Chinese Operatic Adaptations Ruru Li 10. The Ethics of 'Local' Reading: The Use Value of Chinese Opera and Shakespeare Alexander Huang 11. The Ethnic Body from Othello to Caliban: Shakespeare and Taiwan's Geopolitics Peichen Wu 12. From Proscenium to Paddy Fields: Utpal Dutt's Jatra Shakespeare Tapati Gupta 13. And Never The Twain Shall Meet? Shakespeare and Philippine Performance Traditions Judy Celine Ick Part 4: Re-playing Genre and Gender 14. Dancing to Shakespeare: Crossing Genre and Gender in the Sonnets and the Tragedies Paromita Chakravarti and Swati Ganguly 15. A Gambuh Macbeth in Bali: Blurred Genres and Refocused Politics at the End of the New Order John Emigh 16. Shakespeare as Market Material: Oh Tae-seok's Romeo & Juliet in Korea Moran Kim