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The Shakespearean Authorship Trust & Brunel University
present
The
2008 Silberrad Memorial Lectures on the Shakespeare Authorship
Question
6
November
John Michell
‘Who
Wrote Shakespeare? The Candidates & their Promoters’
All the interesting characters who are claimed by their supporters
to be the true Shakespeare have significant points in their
favour, yet no single claim has gained universal acceptance.
John Michell, author of ‘Who Wrote Shakespeare?’
(1996), sums up the evidence for each of the main candidates
and is led towards certain conclusions.
13
November
Professor Sandra Schruijer
‘Fighting over Shakespeare’s Authorship: Identity,
Power & Academic Debate’
In this talk Professor Schruijer of the University of Utrecht
will adopt a psychological perspective in trying to understand
the Shakespeare Authorship Debate, especially its fierce and
destructive nature. Relevant psychological perspectives will
be employed in order to characterize the debate (or conflict),
which deal with the importance of the protagonists' various
social identities and their different power positions.
20
November
Hank Whittemore
‘Shake-speare’s Treason’
Author-actor Hank Whittemore performs his 90-minute one-man
show based on his scholarly edition of the Sonnets entitled
‘The Monument’ (2005), demonstrating "the first
comprehensive and coherent explanation" of the 154 verses
printed in 1609. In his performance, Whittemore brings alive
the sonnet sequence as "a barely concealed diary"
of events from the Essex Rebellion of 1601 to the death of
Elizabeth I and the succession of King James in 1603.
27
November
Dominic Dromgoole
‘Will, the Question and Me’
Dominic
Dromgoole, Artistic Director of Shakespeare's Globe and author
of ‘Will and Me: How Shakespeare Took Over My Life’
(2006), talks to Dr. William Leahy of Brunel University about
his views of Shakespeare the man and writer, Stratford and
the Globe, academia's approach to the Bard, and his perspective
on the Authorship Question.
Shakespeare'
s Globe, Bankside, London SE1
Thursday
6, 13, 20, 27 November 2008
All
Programmes begin at 7:30pm
£10
per lecture, £18 for two, £27 for three, £35
for all four
To
include a gl ass of wine.
Tickets:
Globe Theatre Box Office – 0207 401 9919
www.shakespeareanauthorshiptrust.org.uk
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