Interrogates the techniques by which Black women’s bodies have been re-visibilized in North American and Caribbean adaptations and imaginings of Shakespeare’s works. Beginning from a context in which Black women were encoded as ephemeral presences within Shakespeare’s plays during the early modern period, the book explores how a variety of contemporary works—such as Mosquito, Mississippi Masala, A Branch of the Blue Nile, Harlem Duet, and King Charles III—are used to critically interrogate matters of race in both early modern English contexts and the New World’s social present. It draws upon discussions in the fields of Shakespeare studies and performance studies.