We welcome a guest post from Leah Scragg, responding to this summer's discussion of attribution on the blog (see here). *** This post joins a very interesting discussion of attribution studies somewhat late in the day but I would like to put forward a couple of ideas in relation to the question of why attribution … Continue reading Attribution, agencies, and investigation
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CONFERENCE RESPONSE: Reflections on the Before Shakespeare conference by Stephen Purcell
Theatre history is not so much about establishing fact as it is about embracing uncertainty, a dialogue between competing and sometimes complementary narratives. That seemed to be the guiding principle of this stimulating and exhilarating conference, and one of the central arguments of Bill Ingram’s generous and provocative opening keynote. Indeed, the conference had clearly … Continue reading CONFERENCE RESPONSE: Reflections on the Before Shakespeare conference by Stephen Purcell
CONFERENCE RESPONSE: Of God and Jonson: writing about new things and non-events by Mathew Lyons
I was fortunate to be able to attend some of the superb Before Shakespeare conference at Roehampton last week. I came away with a range of thoughts and ideas, some of which I hope to pursue in one form or another. Perhaps the thing that struck me most, however, was Bill Ingram’s opening talk. Ingram … Continue reading CONFERENCE RESPONSE: Of God and Jonson: writing about new things and non-events by Mathew Lyons
Lawsuits and Leases at Newington Butts Playhouse
Following Laurie Johnson's introduction to the area, we are thankful to Sally-Beth MacLean for some archival insight into Jerome Savage and the playhouse in our second feature on the Newington Butts Playhouse (with MS images courtesy of The National Archives and Canterbury Cathedral Archives)... *** The early playhouse at Newington Butts continues to elude new … Continue reading Lawsuits and Leases at Newington Butts Playhouse
High and Dry at Newington Butts: The Genesis of the Permanent Playhouse
We are pleased to host the a double-bill of guest posts on the Newington Butts Playhouse. Next week, Sally-Beth MacLean examines issues pertaining to renting the grounds of this early playhouse. Here, Laurie Johnson, the recent author of the only book devoted to the long-overlooked playhouse, introduces us to the area . . . *** … Continue reading High and Dry at Newington Butts: The Genesis of the Permanent Playhouse
The Man with the Golden Pen
We're very pleased to present a guest post by Derek Dunne on a fascinating event at the Blackfriars... *** Do you know who the best writer of Elizabethan London was? Not the most prolific, or the most poetic, or the most popular, but simply the best writer. This is a contentious question among scholars, but … Continue reading The Man with the Golden Pen
Genre and the Elizabethan Troupe
We are very happy to present below a guest post from Elizabeth E. Tavares (Pacific University Oregon) on genre and the Elizabethan troupe. *** What I find most pressing about Andy Kesson’s post, “Generic excitement,” are his methodological queries: how does genre organize our scholarship? To what extent do we implicitly rely on this typology as an “interpretive precondition”? … Continue reading Genre and the Elizabethan Troupe
Announcing the Launch of REED Online
Research for Before Shakespeare (as any project interested in theatre and performance history) sits on the advances made through major projects over the past decades, particularly by the Records of Early English Drama (REED) project based at the University of Toronto. REED has provided theatre historians with an invaluable resource in its collections of performance documents and records from … Continue reading Announcing the Launch of REED Online
Shakespeare: A knack for following theatrical fashion
Venice. Two faithful friends are pitted against a vengeful moneylender who is out for blood. In a climactic trial scene they proclaim their willingness to die for each other; the moneylender’s revenge rebounds against him when a woman outwits him, and in a further twist of the knife his daughter ends up married to a … Continue reading Shakespeare: A knack for following theatrical fashion
keywords for collaboration
by Liz Oakley-Brown curiosity 13 Jul 2016 10:22 Between Shakespeare Dear Andy, I'm in town for London leg of W[orld] S[hakespeare] C[ongress]. Any chance I could attend am workshop activity on August 5th? In haste, Liz (Oakley-Brown) exploration Fri 29/07/2016 14:22 into the woods with Galatea Dear Galatea workshop attenders, Thank you … Continue reading keywords for collaboration
