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Distiller examines Shakespeare’s place in South Africa’s education and culture without universalising the contradictory forces that have made that position controversial and is thus able to provide both a fascinating account of current South African culture and a precise analytical model with which to challenge the concept of a single ‘global’ or ‘post-colonial’ Shakespeare.

Kate McLuskie, Emeritus Professor of Shakespeare Studies, The Shakespeare Institute

Natasha Distiller, of all scholars working on ‘Shakespeare’ and South Africa, asks the most interesting questions. She pushes us to think about our relationships not only to the oeuvre of a Renaissance poet-playwright, but to race, discourses of authenticity, national identifications, pedagogy, the institutions of literature in the country, and the place of South Africa in the global mediascape.

Andrew van der Vlies, Queen Mary, University of London

... a fascinating book by a leading authority on Shakespeare in South Africa ... broad and wide ranging issues that go to the heart of debates about South African identity and politics.

Brian Willan, Hon. Senior Research Fellow, Rhodes University