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
Hazem 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...