2017 ROSE THEATRE

SHAKESPEARE BIRTHDAY LECTURE

Thursday April 27: 19.00 Rose Theatre Gallery

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SIR STANLEY WELLS:

‘THE GENIUS OF SHAKESPEARE’

Sir Stanley Wells is Britain’s preeminent Shakespeare scholar and one of the world’s leading experts on the Elizabethan stage. His many bestselling books on the Bard include Shakespeare, Sex and Love, Shakespeare & Co. and Shakespeare For All Time. He is the General Editor of both the Oxford and the Penguin Shakespeare editions, and President of Stratford’s Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Sir Stanley is also one of the best-loved lecturers on TV and radio and at literary festivals, and his 2017 Rose Theatre Birthday Lecture is certain to be a spell-binding display of all his talents as a Shakespeare interpreter, raconteur and performer.

This event is free and open to all, but seats are limited.