Inhabiting some of Shakespeare’s most famous characters, this Elizabethan actor deserves some proper recognition for inspiring the Bard.
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It’s long been suspected the original play was not written by Marlowe alone. But new research leaves us no closer to solving this mystery.
The ‘divine right of kings’ may sound obsolete, but it has resonances today. Richard II asks what it means to have power, to take power – and what we’re left with when it’s gone.
There is an interesting new story emerging about the lengths of speeches in early modern plays. In the space of five years there was a dramatic shift in style – and it wasn’t just Shakespeare.
All of Shakespeare’s major male roles were written for Richard Burbage who died in the 1619s.
When the Spanish ambassador to Elizabeth I’s court was implicated in a plot to kill her, he was protected by the fledgling laws of diplomacy.
This year, the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death has been marked by a flood of events around the world. But why did his exit cause so little public grief at the time, in and beyond the country of his birth?
Attributing a Shakespeare work to another writer attracts plenty of critics. But an attribution specialist says his team’s decision to name Christopher Marlowe as a co-author is based on state of the art research.
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Professor of English, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Shakespeare Studies, De Montfort University
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Lecturer, Creative Writing and Literature, Adelaide University
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Professor of Renaissance Literature, Sheffield Hallam University
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PhD Candidate, Languages and Literature, De Montfort University
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Professor of Shakespeare and Performance Studies, University of Warwick
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Professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature, De Montfort University
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Honorary Professorial Fellow, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne