The Shakespearean international yearbook.: (Special section, Updating Shakespeare) - 7,

In this issue of The Shakespearean International Yearbook, the special section surveys various means of 'Updating Shakespeare'.

The section treats a variety of attempts and strategies, including by artists in Japan, China and Brazil, to adapt Shakespeare's works into local and present circumstances.

The guest editor for the section is Tetsuo Kishi, Professor Emeritus in English at the University of Kyoto, co-author of Shakespeare in Japan (2006).