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Can you extract a pound of flesh without blood? How the power struggles in Shakespearean drama speak to an age of decolonisation

  • Written by: Kate Flaherty, Senior Lecturer (English and Drama), Australian National University
Can you extract a pound of flesh without blood? How the power struggles in Shakespearean drama speak to an age of decolonisationHazem Shammas as MacbethBell Shakespeare.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are advised that this article names and quotes a deceased person.

Last October, New Zealand’s arts council pulled funding for the Shakespeare Globe Festival, a school event of 30 years’ standing. They said it lacked relevance to decolonising Aotearoa. Days...

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