Diana E. Henderson is a scholar whose work deeply explores Shakespeare and his legacy across time and media. Her approach merges rigorous literary analysis with an understanding of theatrical and filmic production. Henderson investigates how classic works are continually reinterpreted and reshaped for contemporary audiences. Her research emphasizes literature's dynamic nature and its capacity to respond to new forms of expression.
Like the artists studied here, we pick and choose our Shakespeares, and through that labor another story emerges. Frozen in time on the page or screen, some of those collaborations continue to speak, but denuded of their immediate moment and...