Tag Archives: Jan Kott

Richard Wilson: “Come Unto These Yellow Sands” -podcast (KiSSiT: Shakespearean Thresholds)

Posted on June 25, 2016 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

The second plenary of KiSSiT: Shakespearean Thresholds was given by our own Richard Wilson. With a talk entitled “Come Unto These Yellow Sands: Shakespeare’s Other Heading”, he explores The Tempest setting it in dialogue with the horrors of the current migrant … Continue reading →

Posted in KiSSiT, Podcast archive, Shakespearean Thresholds | Tagged Edward Said, Europe, immigration, Jacques Derrida, Jan Kott, KiSSiT, refugees, Tempest, Thresholds | Leave a comment

Filippos Tsitsopoulos’ Video Installation at KiSSiT, Dec 19 + Preface essay

Posted on December 13, 2015 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

As part of the KiSSiT: Shakespeare and the State of Exception conference, the uncanny Filippos Tsitsopoulos will display his video installation in the Studio of the Rose Theatre, Kingston. The installation is entitled: ‘What! art thou, like the adder, waxen … Continue reading →

Posted in KiSS, News, Thinking through Shakespeare | Tagged aesthetics, art, Berthold Brecht, Filippos Tsitsopoulos, Hamlet, Jan Kott, Margaret, masks, Polonius | 2 Comments

‘Shakespeare et les couleurs du temps’ par Dominique Goy-Blanquet

Posted on November 11, 2015 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

Dominique Goy-Blanquet, one of France’s leading Shakespeareans and a friend of Kingston Shakespeare, has written a historic article on the Wars of the Roses, where she discusses the plays and the adaptation, also mentioning the Shakespeare and Scandinavia conference. The … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Thinking through Shakespeare | Tagged Alex Waldmann, Dominique Goy-Blanquet, Jan Kott, John Barton, Shakespeare and Scandinavia, Trevor Nunn, Wars of the Roses | Leave a comment

Barton / Hall Wars of the Roses Adaptation – panel podcast

Posted on October 18, 2015 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

Here is the recording of the panel on the John Barton and Peter Hall Wars of the Roses adaptation with Stuart Hampton-Reeves, Dominique Goy-Blanquet, Heather Neill, and Alex Waldmann. Frank Whately, emeritus Professor at Kingston University and one of the … Continue reading →

Posted in KiSS, Shakespeare and Sovereignty | Tagged 1960's, 1st tetralogy, 2nd tetralogy, adaptation, Alex Waldmann, casting politics, Dominique Goy-Blanquet, Frank Whately, Game of Thrones, games, Heather Neill, Henry VI, Jan Kott, John Barton, order, Peter Hall, productions, Rose Theatre, RSC, Stuart Hampton-Reeves, Trevor Nunn, Wars of the Roses | 3 Comments

Full Podcast of Jan Kott Conference

Posted on March 6, 2015 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

The full podcast of the one-day conference on Jan Kott Our Contemporary: Contexts, Legacies, New Perspectives co-hosted by KiSS and the Polish Cultural Institute is now available in the Podcast Archive! See also the extended discussions of the conference by … Continue reading →