2016年是莎士比亞年,莎士比亞的學術活動與演出活動空前繁榮。透過第十屆世界莎士比亞大會、上海國際莎士比亞戲劇節和論壇,以及皇家莎士比亞劇團和環球劇場來華巡演等,我們看到表演藝術的求奇與還原共存,學術研究的多元化。把握這些新趨向,有助于我們在未來的發展中更加主動地站在世界莎士比亞研究的前列。

2016 was the year of Shakespeare.Academic and artistic activities relating to Shakespeare were unprecedentedly prosperous.This paper focuses on the 10 th World Shakespeare Congress,Shanghai International Shakespeare Festival and Forum,and the Chinese tours of both the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Globe Theater;we will discuss the co-existence of innovation and fidelity,as well as the diversity of academic discourse.An insight into this new tendency may enable us to stand at the forefront of world Shakespeare studies.