Tag Archives: Richard III

Richard Wilson: The Bard on Brexit

Posted on April 23, 2017 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

From The New European April 21-April 27 2017 TO LEAVE OR NOT TO LEAVE THE BARD ON BREXIT Shakespeare scholar RICHARD WILSON says the Bard’s work is one long battle between Brexit and Remain. And his vision of ‘this … Continue reading →

Posted in KiSS, News | Tagged As You Like It, Brexit, Britain, Cymbeline, John of Gaunt, King John, Love's Labour's Lost, Much Ado About Nothing, Richard II, Richard III, Richard Wilson, Sonnet 124, St George's Day, Thomas More | Leave a comment

Michael Bogdanov: ‘The Readiness is All: Existential Shakespeare’

Posted on April 18, 2017 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

[This paper was given on October 24, 2013 as part of the series on Shakespeare and Philosophy] The Readiness Is All Good evening. For the purposes of this lecture, I am going to concern myself with six plays – Hamlet, … Continue reading →

Posted in Podcast archive, Shakespeare and Philosophy | Tagged existentialism, Hal, Hamlet, Henry IV, Macbeth, Marxism, Michael Bogdanov, realpolitik, Richard III, Romeo and Juliet, Tempest | 1 Comment

KiSSiT WiP: Shakespearean Dialectics – from Hegel to Adorno, Dec 17

Posted on December 12, 2015 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

On Thursday December 17 (two days before Shakespeare and the State of Exception) KiSSiT Work-in-Progress will reconvene for a session entitled ‘Shakespearean Dialectics – from Hegel to Adorno’ with Christian Smith (Warwick) and Timo Uotinen (Royal Holloway) presenting. Christian’s paper … Continue reading →

Posted in KiSSiT, News | Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Christian Smith, dialectics, G.W.F Hegel, history, Marxism, nature, Phenomenology of Spirit, psychoanalysis, Richard III, Science of Logic, the dialectic, Theodor W. Adorno, Timo Uotinen, WiP, Work-in-Progress | Leave a comment

‘Diverse Casting and The Wars of the Roses’ by Jami Rogers

Posted on November 5, 2015 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

Here is an important piece by Jami Rogers on casting politics. Written before Trevor Nunn’s Wars of the Roses run began, it pertinent to return to this vital issue, especially now that the run has ended. Nunn’s all-white cast and the ‘historical … Continue reading →

Posted in KiSS, Thinking through Shakespeare | Tagged Abraham Sofaer, Adrian Noble, Ann Ogbomo, casting diversity, casting politics, colour-blind, David Oyelowo, Equity, Ginny Schiller, Henry VI, Iqbal Khan, Jami Rogers, John Barton, Lenny Henry, Michael Boyd, Multicultural Shakespeare, Othello, race, Rhashan Stone, Richard III, The Plantagenets, Trevor Nunn, Wars of the Roses | 1 Comment

Launching Thinking through Shakespeare – An Experiment in Blogging

Posted on November 3, 2015 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

We are proud to launch Thinking through Shakespeare. As part of the KiSSiT project, Thinking through Shakespeare is a platform for researchers and Shakespeare enthusiasts to engage with Shakespeare and, especially, engage with the world in all its variety through Shakespeare. Thinking … Continue reading →

Posted in KiSSiT, News, Thinking through Shakespeare | Tagged Anna Ilona Rajala, blogs, KiSSiT, Richard III | Leave a comment

Finding the ‘body’ of Richard III

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Anna Ilona Rajala

The remains of Richard III were found under a car park in Leicester in 2012. Since then researchers (often through popular media) have tried to reinstate Richard’s lost glory by busting Tudor myths through scientific evidence. One of the myth busting methods, also seen in … Continue reading →