ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the crucial ways that world cinema and art proved an effective means of addressing that task. By approaching Global William Shakespeare through the artworks, students are empowered to explore both the global influence of Shakespeare and the influence of other cultures on his ongoing artistic importance. One obvious strategy is limiting the number of cultures, perhaps singling out Shakespeare in a few countries; indeed, one course iteration did involve something like a focused comparison, implying the wider influence of Shakespeare. By transforming Shakespeare, visual culture Shakespeare not only adapts his works in predominantly image-based representations, but also simultaneously embeds those representations in specific national historical circumstances and releases them from those contexts. Whereas the physical poster was limited in how much information it could convey, the Google project fascinated visitors and literally put Global Shakespeares on the map at the Colby Undergraduate Research Symposium.
