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Tag: Shakespeare

Cultural Studies

Staging Banquo’s Ghost

posted by Carla Hepburn June 8, 20205 min read493 Views

Catherine Belsey and Alan Dessen discuss the complexities of creating Banquo’s ghost for the stage in Macbeth.

Language and Literature

Face to Face in Shakespearean Drama: A conversation between Matthew James Smith and Julia Reinhard Lupton

posted by Carla Hepburn August 20, 20198 min read692 Views

Matthew James Smith and Julia Reinhard Lupton discuss, in conversation, how the volume ‘Face to Face in Shakespearean Drama’ came about.

Language and Literature

The happiness of being sad

posted by Carla Hepburn February 7, 20196 min read1657 Views

J.F. Bernard discusses melancholy – the happiness of being sad – through Grock the clown and Shakespeare’s tragic comedies.

Language and Literature

Top 5 Representations of the Weather in Shakespeare’s plays

posted by Carla Hepburn December 10, 20184 min read2723 Views

By Sophie Chiari In Romeo and Juliet, the lovers are plagued by the dog days that overdetermine the climate of the…

Cultural History

John Pollock Picks the Lock of the Mysterious ‘Shakespeare Box’

posted by Rebecca Wojturska October 15, 20187 min read1880 Views

John Pollock’s new article on the true provenance of ‘Mr Shuckspr’se Box’ begins with an auction, although true to our…

Cultural History

Emotion, History and the Arts

posted by Teri Williams August 15, 20189 min read1793 Views

Erin Sullivan and Marie Louise Herzfeld-Schild are guest editors of a special issue of Cultural History about ‘Emotion, History and the…

Cultural Studies

Ben Jonson Journal Celebrates 25 Years

posted by Rebecca Wojturska August 6, 20188 min read1338 Views

2018 marks the 25th anniversary of the Ben Jonson Journal. Read on and learn more about the history and impact…

Language and Literature

A Quiz on Shakespeare and Science – Part 2

posted by Carla Hepburn September 11, 201714 min read2000 Views

By Sophie Chiari and Mickaël Popelard The second part of our quiz poses another 14 questions on Shakespeare and science. Missed the…

Language and Literature

A Quiz on Shakespeare and Science

posted by Carla Hepburn September 4, 201714 min read2124 Views

By Sophie Chiari and Mickaël Popelard In this two part quiz, the editors of new book Spectacular Science, Technology and Superstition…

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Language and Literature

Chastity and Capitalism, from Shakespeare’s England to Trump’s America

posted by Carla Hepburn July 17, 20176 min read1929 Views

By Katherine Gillen Interest in Shakespeare’s economic philosophy intensified in the wake of the 2008 financial crash, reaching beyond academic circles…

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