I was lucky enough to work with Kimberley Sykes' Dido, Queen of Carthage company this week. They'll be performing at the RSC September to October 2017 in what looks set to be something very special. Working with actors is deeply embedded in my own practice as someone working on the early London playhouses; I'm always … Continue reading Putting the might into Marlowe’s (and Nashe’s) mighty line
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Let me speak to you about my huge words
This is the third of three blogs on attribution. For more, see Shakespeare, attribution and attrition: at tribute zone and Nashe’s attributions. I'm aware that I'm becoming an extremely inferior version of George Lucas, writing an unwanted trilogy of posts about attribution which aren't even the retrospective prequels to something a little better I'd written … Continue reading Let me speak to you about my huge words
Nashe’s attributions
This is the second of three blogs on attribution. See Shakespeare, attribution and attrition: at tribute zone and Let me speak to you about my huge words for more. This week, thanks to Andrew Hadfield, Jennifer Richards and Kate de Rycker, I have been thinking a lot about Thomas Nashe. Nashe is often celebrated as … Continue reading Nashe’s attributions
The Summer of Love (and Fortune): Our Upcoming Events…
We're pleased to say we have a very busy summer before us. Ahead of our first Read Not Dead this Sunday, we outline here some of our major upcoming activities (you can keep up to date on these by visiting our "Events" page; if you have any queries, please don't hesitate to get in contact on beforeshakespeare@gmail.com). We're presenting … Continue reading The Summer of Love (and Fortune): Our Upcoming Events…
Generic excitement
Give ear, I pray you, and mark it attentively, for you shall hear the tenor of a strange and tragical comedy. Anthony Munday, Zelauto (1580) Genre: what is it, what does it mean, and how does it organise our experiences in the theatre, in a book or in our scholarship? These are questions about stories, … Continue reading Generic excitement
Birthday Post: A Year of Before Shakespeare
We launched our website last year, on the date of Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary, with an introduction to the project and something of a provocation in Andy’s post about putting the Shhhh into Shakespeare.... The comments that followed have been matched by recent posts that have engendered debate and discussion amongst readers, including the creation by … Continue reading Birthday Post: A Year of Before Shakespeare
Shakespeare, attribution and attrition: at tribute zone
This is the first of three pieces on attribution. See Nashe's attributions and Let me speak to you about my huge words for more. At the 2017 Shakespeare Association of America, Marissa Nicosia and Curtis Perry ran a session on Shakespearean Distortions, asking what is lost from our understanding of the early modern period by Shakespeare's … Continue reading Shakespeare, attribution and attrition: at tribute zone
Furry Shakespeare
I'm at the 2017 Shakespeare Association of America, and write this after a day thinking about the (in)accessibility and (non)diversity of scholarship and Shakespeare. Karen Raber's plenary on Queer Natures, Arthur Little's panel on The Color of Membership, and Simone Chess and Will Fisher's seminar on Early Modern Trans*Historicity all challenged us to think and … Continue reading Furry Shakespeare
News from the North
This month, in the wake of the Brexit vote, Adrian Chiles travelled around the country to speak to those—particularly those at one remove from London—who voted Leave. Whatever one’s political leanings and whatever one made of the Panorama programme itself, Chiles sought to bring “News from the Midlands,” representing the views of those underrepresented, infuriated with … Continue reading News from the North
Galatea Workshops
We invite scholars to participate in exploring John Lyly’s Galatea at the Jerwood Space this August. The award-winning theatre maker Emma Frankland and Andy Kesson will be working with a company of performers, exploring the play’s representations of non-normative sexuality and its concluding investment in transgender identity. We are grateful to Shakespeare Bulletin, the University of Roehampton and the Before Shakespeare project … Continue reading Galatea Workshops
