Tag Archives: The Rose Theatre

Yanis Varoufakis: Shake the Superflux, March 19

‘SHAKE THE SUPERFLUX’ YANIS VAROUFAKIS ON SHAKESPEARE THE 2018 ROSE SHAKESPEARE LECTURE Yanis Varoufakis has emerged not only as an embattled finance minister and iconoclastic economist, but a life-long lover of Shakespeare. He called the Greek debt crisis ‘a Shakespearean … Continue reading

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Frank Whately: Edward Alleyn and the Rose + Conference Introduction

Robert O’Dowd opens the Marlowe and Shakespeare -conference held at the Rose Theatre, Kingston. He is followed by Richard Wilson introducing Frank Whately (Kingston) who is giving the opening plenary with a lecture entitled Edward Alleyn and the Rose. Abstract: The actor … Continue reading

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Marlowe and Shakespeare symposium CFP, Nov 17-18

MARLOWE AND SHAKESPEARE SYMPOSIUM ROSE THEATRE KINGSTON NOVEMBER 17 – 18 2017 Confirmed speakers include Gabriel Egan, Jean Howard, Charles Nicholl, Lois Potter, Robert Sawyer, Gary Taylor, Brian Vickers and Stanley Wells Proposals are invited for 25-minute presentations, or panels … Continue reading

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KiSSiT: Shakespearean Anachronism programme (Feb 18)

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

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Introduction to Shakespeare and the State of Exception

    The topic of our conference is the “state of exception”. The concept was originated by Carl Schmitt in his book Political Theology (1922) and recently revisited in the important philosophical work by Giorgio Agamben entitled, State of Exception … Continue reading

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