She’s got it, Yeah baby, she’s got it ---Shocking Blue For 1570s and 1580s theatregoers, love was all around. One of the defining characteristics of the earliest surviving commercial plays is the predominance of the character Venus or her allegorical equivalent, Love. “Theaters and curtaines Venus pallaces,” reads a marginal note in Philip Stubbes’s The … Continue reading Venus’s Palaces
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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
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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
Galatea Workshop Response: Hester Bradley
We are very pleased to host Hester Bradley's response to the Galatea workshops hosted at the Jerwood Space in August this year. Hester is a PhD student at Oxford Brookes, whose work explores what representations of the moon by John Lyly and William Shakespeare can reveal about contemporary ideas of female identity and personhood. *** I attended … Continue reading Galatea Workshop Response: Hester Bradley
Galatea Workshops: Let us into the grove
Yesterday, we took some of the scenes we'd been working on to the park. These photos show moments throughout the play surrounding the lovers, Galatea and Phillida:
Galatea Workshops: Stephen Purcell’s Response
On Thursday, we welcomed among the visitors to the room Stephen Purcell, an academic, director, and practitioner. Here are his thoughts on the morning: *** The group was three days into its week-long exploration of Lyly's Galatea when I attended its Thursday morning session. It was, I understand, the first session dedicated to the play's … Continue reading Galatea Workshops: Stephen Purcell’s Response
Galatea Workshops 6: Interview with Antonia and Steve
This afternoon I spoke to Antonia Kemi Coker and Steve Jacobs about their experiences in the workshops. How are you finding the week and the workshops? SJ: I’m really, really enjoying it. I work a lot in Cornwall with a lot of companies that tend to be the same people, so it’s great to … Continue reading Galatea Workshops 6: Interview with Antonia and Steve
Galatea Workshops 5: Interview with Becky and Krishna
This morning I had a chance to speak to Becky Barry (BB) and Krishna Istha (KI) about this week. How are you finding the workshops so far? BB: Ah gosh! I’m finding it as if it was a wonderful palette of opportunity and a very deep—in a good way—explorative process of the text, but … Continue reading Galatea Workshops 5: Interview with Becky and Krishna
Galatea Workshops 4: Songs, Nymphs, and Boys
The room this week has been filled with the sound of music, in large part from the guitar of Victoria Abbott (@vittyabbott). Vicky has set the play's two songs to music and has been taking the group through a range of vocal exercises and teaching us the songs, with harmonies (all while fresh from writing them--the songs were still … Continue reading Galatea Workshops 4: Songs, Nymphs, and Boys
Galatea Workshops 3: Interviewing Angela and Selina
Today, we had the chance to talk to Angela Clerkin and Selina Thompson about their experiences in the workshop over the first two and a half days: How are you finding the workshops so far? ST: Alex is making me dance today; I’ll never forgive her… No, it’s been really great; I’ve really enjoyed the week... … Continue reading Galatea Workshops 3: Interviewing Angela and Selina
