“A democratic art at a democratic price”: The American Celebrations of the Shakespeare Tercentenary, 1916 by Monika Smialkowska

“…Consequently, the American Tercentenary celebrations acquired a strong local focus, engendering communal involvement and civic pride, rather than becoming a state-sponsored affair, an official “diet” of Shakespeare fed to the populace by the central government.…”
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Le public et le privé dans Mesure pour Mesure by Michèle Vignaux

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“O’er-dyed blacks” (1.2.131) : les couleurs dans Le Conte d’hiver by Sophie Chiari

“…In this paper, I intend an in-depth examination of the highly symbolical universe of colours in Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale against the background of the Reformation, which gave pride of place to dark and sad dyes. …”
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Desdemona’s changing voices: from the “Willow Song” to the “Canzona del Salice” by Chantal Schütz

“…The Willow Song in Shakespeare’s Othello involves a complex intertwining of mimetic processes: a boy actor enacts the female Desdemona, who imitates a maid called Barbary singing an old ditty, while the original singer referred to herself as a singing (or sighing) lover sitting at the foot of a tree. …”
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