Author: Thompson Ayanna Thompson

The first in-depth look at Peter Sellars, the avant-garde director whose Shakespeare productions have polarized communities and critics. Through extensive interviews and archival work, leading Shakes …

The first in-depth look at Peter Sellars, the avant-garde director whose Shakespeare productions have polarized communities and critics. Through extensive interviews and archival work, leading Shakes …

This second edition of Othello has a new, illustrated introduction by leading American scholar Ayanna Thompson, which addresses such key issues as race, religion and gender, as well as looking at way …

This second edition of Othello has a new, illustrated introduction by leading American scholar Ayanna Thompson, which addresses such key issues as race, religion and gender, as well as looking at way …

What does it mean to teach Shakespeare with purpose? It means freeing teachers from the notion that teaching Shakespeare means teaching everything, or teaching “Western Civilisation” and universal th …

What does it mean to teach Shakespeare with purpose? It means freeing teachers from the notion that teaching Shakespeare means teaching everything, or teaching “Western Civilisation” and universal th …

A New Statesman essential non-fiction book of 2021Featured in Book Riot’s 12 best nonfiction books about Black identity and history A Times Higher Education Book of the Week2022 Finalist for the Pros …

A New Statesman essential non-fiction book of 2021Featured in Book Riot’s 12 best nonfiction books about Black identity and history A Times Higher Education Book of the Week2022 Finalist for the Pros …