TY - BOOK AU - Motoyama, Tesuhito TI - Re-Imagining Shakespeare - in contemporary japan SN - 9781350212008 U1 - 822.33 MOT PB - Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 2022. KW - English Drama N2 - An anthology of three exciting Japanese adaptations of Shakespeare that engage with issues such as changing family values, racial diversity, the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and terrorism, together with a contextualizing introduction. The anthology makes contemporary Japanese adaptations of Shakespeare by three independent theatre companies available to a wider English language audience. The three texts are concerned with the social issues Japan faces today and Japan’s perception of its cultural history. This unique collection is thus both a valuable resource for the fields of Shakespeare and adaptation studies as well as for a better understanding of contemporary Japanese theatre ER -