The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 23.0372 Thursday, 6 September 2012
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Date: September 6, 2012 6:42:08 AM EDT
Subject: Call for Papers: ‘On Page and Stage: Shakespeare, 1590-1890’
British Shakespeare Association
The Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies – Bangor-Aberystwyth, the British Shakespeare Association and the School of English, Bangor University, are pleased to announce:
‘On Page and Stage: Shakespeare, 1590-1890’
8th December 2012 – a one-day conference at Bangor
University Conference Organisers: Stephen Colclough & Andrew Hiscock
Guest Speaker: Professor Andrew Gurr (Reading University)
Shakespeare editor and author of ‘Playgoing in Shakespeare’s London’
This one-day conference focuses upon performances, interpretations and publications of Shakespeare in the pre-modern period in the UK and beyond. It is envisaged that delegates will be addressing this subject from a number of disciplinary perspectives and presentations on the following subjects would be particularly welcome:
- Shakespearean Performances 1590-1890s and Performance Reportage
- Shakespearean Theatre History 1590-1890
- World Shakespeares 1590-1890
- Critical Responses to Shakespeare 1590-1890: e.g. journalism, diaries, correspondence
- Reading Shakespeare 1590-1890: e.g. criticism, education, annotated editions
- Material Shakespeare 1590-1890: mise-en-scène and mise-en-page
- Shakespeare as Political Icon 1590-1890
These and other related subjects will be considered for presentation at this conference. Abstracts of no more than 200 words should be sent to the conference organising committee at