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The Making of Hong Kong Shakespeare

Post-1997 Adaptations and Appropriations

Miriam Leung-Che Lau

Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date : 2026-01-27

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Adopting a cultural materialist reading in the post-colonial context of Hong Kong, this book examines post-1997 Hong Kong Shakespeare that comments on the identity of the city through staging sinicized, aestheticized and socio-politicised versions of the plays. The introduction contextualizes Hong Kong’s position on the current intellectual map of Asian Shakespeare, arguing that Hong Kong Shakespeare has quite distinctive characteristics compared with those in mainland China and Taiwan. The book highlights six Shakespearean adaptations in Hong Kong staged after 1997, which include Richard Ho’s Hamlet: Sword of Vengeance, Tang Shu-wing’s Titus Andronicus 2.0 and Macbeth, Hardy Tsoi’s Julius Caesar and Shamshuipo Lear, and Jimmy Lee’s Post-The Taming of the Shrew. Sandwiched between the colonial and the postcolonial, Hong Kong Shakespeare generates an independent narrative through struggle and cultural negotiation.

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Author

Miriam Leung-che Lau

Imprint

Palgrave Macmillan

Collection

n.c

Publication date

2026-01-27

Pages

236 pages

Print ISBN

9783032138231

Language

English

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9783032138248

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£109.50

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Print count 23

File size 17203 Ko

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9783032138248

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File size 9411 Ko

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Miriam Leung-che Lau

Miriam Leung-che Lau is a lecturer at Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, and specialises in performance studies. Previous book publications include Teaching Shakespeare to ESL Students (2017). She is co-organizing a Shakespeare Conference in Hong Kong in 2026, the first one ever in the city after the handover.

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