Thursday seminars at the Shakespeare Institute

During the Autumn and Spring terms, the Institute runs a series of Thursday seminars which are given by members of staff and invited speakers. 

Seminar at the Shakespeare Institute

The seminars usually start at 15:00 in The Shakespeare Institute Hall and online via zoom.
They will last approximately 45 minutes and will be followed by a question and answer session.  

Bad Shakespeare: Performing Failure

Bad Shakespeare: Performing Failure

Date
06/03/2025
Description
Shakespeare Institute Thursday seminar given by Dr Anna Blackwell (University of Nottingham).
Myself the man i'th'moon do seem to be: Costuming the Moon before Moonshine

Myself the man i'th'moon do seem to be: Costuming the Moon before Moonshine

Date
13/03/2025
Description
Shakespeare Institute Thursday seminar given by Dr Hess Bradley.
John Donne's Greatest Hits: Seventeenth-Century Musical Settings of John Donne's Poetry'

John Donne's Greatest Hits: Seventeenth-Century Musical Settings of John Donne's Poetry'

Date
20/03/2025
Description
Shakespeare Institute Thursday seminar incorporating a talk and concert, given by Dr Elaine Nelson (scholar and performer).
Caledonian Hamlet

Caledonian Hamlet

Date
27/03/2025
Description
Shakespeare Institute Thursday seminar given by Professor Ewan Fernie (The Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham).
A Queer Twist to Shakespeare": Achilles and Patroclus in postwar productions of Troilus and Cressida

A Queer Twist to Shakespeare": Achilles and Patroclus in postwar productions of Troilus and Cressida

Date
03/04/2025
Description
Shakespeare Institute Thursday seminar given by Dr Steve Purcell (University of Warwick).

A selection of Thursday Seminars...

Video playlist

In conversation with Adrian Noble

Aboutness in Shakespeare's Poetry
Stephen Guy-Bray

In conversation with David Troughton?

Editing Hamlet for performance
Dr Abigail Rokison-Woodall

Shakespearean Comedy and the Curse
of Realism
Professor Michael Dobson
An interview with Simon Russell Beale
What manner of man was he?
Professor Sir Stanley Wells

‘Plays Inside Out’: Theatre, Marketing and Ballads
Professor Tiffany Stern