Tag Archives: politics

COLLOQUIUM ON RICHARD II and CASTING DIVERSITY , March 24-25

Posted on March 12, 2018 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

Registration is now open for KINGSTON SHAKESPEARE SEMINAR with GLOBAL SHAKESPEARE and Anərkē Shakespeare COLLOQUIUM ON RICHARD II and CASTING DIVERSITY ROSE THEATRE KINGSTON MARCH 24/25 2018 DAY 1: SATURDAY MARCH 24 09.30 – 18.00 ‘Political Theology and Shakespeare’s Richard II’ Richard Ashby … Continue reading →

Posted in KiSS, News | Tagged Anərkē Shakespeare, Anthony Howard, Antonio Cerella, casting diversity, casting politics, Christopher Marlowe, David Schalkwyk, David Souden, Edward Paleit, Elena Pellone, Eric Heinze, Guillaume Foulquie, Ildiko Solti, Martin Wiggins, political theology, politics, Richard Ashby, Richard II, Ronan Hatfull, Sovereignty, theatre, Thomas Cartelli | 1 Comment

Jean Howard: Playing History at the Rose

Posted on January 24, 2018 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

Jean Howard (Columbia University) gives the third plenary lecture at the Marlowe and Shakespeare conference that is titled Playing History at the Rose. The session is introduced and chaired by Alison Findlay. Abstract: This paper addresses what constitutes historical drama in … Continue reading →

Posted in KiSS, Marlowe and Shakespeare, Podcast archive | Tagged Alison Findlay, Christopher Marlowe, history, Jean Howard, politics, Rose Theatre | Leave a comment

Edward Paleit, ‘Tamburlaine’s Succession’, Jan 25

Posted on January 21, 2018 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

The first session of the KiSS 2018 Spring series features Edward Paleit (City, University of London) with a talk entitled ‘Tamburlaine’s Succession’. The seminar convenes on Thursday January 25 at the Gallery of Rose Theatre, Kingston starting at 6 pm. … Continue reading →

Posted in KiSS, News | Tagged Christopher Marlowe, Dido Queen of Carthage, Edward II, Edward Paleit, politics, Tamburlaine | 1 Comment

Conference: Radical Mischief, 20-21 July 2018

Posted on November 10, 2017 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

Radical Mischief: A Conference Inviting Experiment in Theatre, Thought and Politics 20-21 July 2018 The Other Place theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Born of the pioneering collaboration between the University of Birmingham and the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Radical Mischief offers an unmissable … Continue reading →

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Per Sivefors:’Come, for England’: Politics, Cultural Exchange and the First Swedish Hamlet (1787), Feb 23

Posted on February 20, 2017 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

We are happy to welcome back our good friend Per Sivefors (Linnæus University) to share his work on Swedish Shakespeare under Gustavus III in the 18th century. His talk is entitled “‘Come, for England’: Politics, Cultural Exchange and the First Swedish … Continue reading →

Posted in KiSS, News | Tagged cultural exchange, Hamlet, Multicultural Shakespeare, Per Sivefors, politics, Sweden | 1 Comment

KiSSiT: Shakespearean Anachronism programme (Feb 18)

Posted on February 11, 2017 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

SHAKESPEAREAN ANACHRONISM Saturday February 18, 2017 Rose Theatre, Kingston-upon-Thames 10.15 Welcome: Ildiko Solti 10.30 Plenary: Dr Erik Roraback (Charles University): ‘An Anachronistic Figure of Redemption: Modernity, Rhetoric, and Self-Identity of Shakespeare’s King Richard II’ 11.30: Coffee break 12.00: Stefanie Bauerochse: … Continue reading →

Posted in KiSSiT, News | Tagged anachronism, Erik Roraback, gender, genre, Ildiko Solti, Jessica Chiba, Kenneth Pickering, Margaret Jones Davies, Pepe Pryke, Per Sivefors, performance, playhouses, politics, prophecy, Richard II, Rose Theatre, Sara Reimers, satire, Stefanie Bauerochse, The Rose Bankside, The Rose Theatre, Tiffany Stern | 2 Comments

Arrest, Imprisonment, And Bare Life In A State of Emergency

Posted on August 1, 2016 by Paul Hamilton

Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested. (The Trial, Franz Kafka) I’the last night’s storm I such a fellow saw Which made me think a … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Thinking through Shakespeare | Tagged bare life, Brexit, Giorgio Agamben, immigration, Paul Hamilton, politics, State of Exception | 14 Comments

Trumping Shakespeare: Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, and the Rise of the Clown Politician

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Paul Hamilton

In a May 26, 2016 Los Angeles Times article, entitled “The theater of Trump: What Shakespeare can teach us about the Donald”, theater critic Charles McNulty undergoes what he calls a “fool’s errand”, a meticulous search in the Bard’s plays … Continue reading →

Posted in Thinking through Shakespeare | Tagged As You Like It, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Donald Trump, fools, Iago, media, Othello, politics, the fool | 3 Comments

Kate Aughterson:‘I will tell you the beginning….’: Dramaturgy and Politics in Shakespeare’s Opening Scenes -podcast (KiSSiT: Shakespearean Thresholds)

Posted on June 26, 2016 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

In the first plenary of KiSSiT: Shakespearean Thresholds was given by Kate Aughterson with a paper entitled “‘I will tell you the beginning….’: Dramaturgy and Politics in Shakespeare’s Opening Scenes”. She explores the whole Shakespearean corpus looking at the beginnings … Continue reading →

Posted in KiSSiT, Podcast archive, Shakespearean Thresholds | Tagged beginnings, Ben Jonson, dramaturgy, Kate Aughterson, KiSSiT, opening scenes, politics, Thomas Middleton | Leave a comment

Even Francis Bacon Supports Strike Action – and he’s dead

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Timo Uotinen

Today and tomorrow (May 25-26 2016) university teachers and lecturers are going on strike. The issue is about unequal pay conditions, casualisation of contracts, tuition fees and marketisation of education (especially in regards to the recent White Paper). Nina Power sums this … Continue reading →