A study of racial formation in the plays of Shakespeare, inviting readers to engage critically with Shakespeare’s legacy so that it might both reveal key components of today’s racialized power structures and be purposed towards present justice. The book draws upon numerous texts—including Titus Andronicus, Antony and Cleopatra, Othello, The Merchant of Venice, and The Tempest—to consider how racial identities were created in early modern England. Accessible to general audiences and of interest to students of English, Shakespeare studies, performance studies, and beyond.