The Before Shakespeare project held its first Advisory Board meeting earlier this month. These meetings offer the chance to hear thoughts on the project’s progress and to hear suggestions, comments, and advice (it’s in the name!) from the diverse and exciting array of people on the board—medievalists, an archaeologist, and a theatre practitioner and director, … Continue reading The Story So Far: First Advisory Board
Month: June 2016
An Elizabethan Haunting: Antitheatricality and Playgoing
A haunted theatre these days is a perfect premise for a horror film. It is also, apparently, a backstage reality at a prominent West End venue, the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane—perhaps because it is the oldest surviving and functioning theatre construction in England. There are, of course, old superstitions about the Scottish Play and worries … Continue reading An Elizabethan Haunting: Antitheatricality and Playgoing
Before Shakespeare PhD scholarship
We are delighted to announce a fully-funded PhD scholarship on London theatrical culture and its context, 1565-95. Full details can be found here, and all current Roehampton PhD scholarships are posted here. This PhD will be supervised by Dr Andy Kesson and Professor Clare McManus and run alongside much of the work of our project. This … Continue reading Before Shakespeare PhD scholarship
