Offering a range of essays and criticism on Shakespeare and Shakespeare-based criticism, this special issue of Mosaic explores how Shakespeare is interpreted, staged, and embodied today [1977]. With essays from prominent scholars such as Marvin Spevack, Jan Kott, and Michael Goldman, this collection of essays provide analyses of The Tempest, Hamlet, Richard II, and Cymbeline from a New Critical, Marxist, and feminist perspective. Also considered in relation to Shakespeare are elements of staging and acting.