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Shakespeare can survive a little chipping away at his 400-year reputation.
We will never know whether or not Shakespeare was queer, but we do know his plays often tackled themes of sexuality in queer ways. Will this summer’s productions honour those original ideas?
Car parks seem to be intersecting with English history quite a bit lately.
How would a Jacobean servant react to a trumpet flourish?
In less than two generations, the proportion of Australians who never pick up a Bible has leapt to seven out of ten. But a robust biblical literacy can help us decode creative works and understand the past.
Brilliant performances from the two central characters are undermined by a confused production.
The Great War uses scale models to give a worm’s eye view of titanic violence. In Kings of War, by contrast, lethal events are viewed from the unsteady perspective of leaders.
Neil Armfield’s production of the Brett Dean opera Hamlet is a confronting three hours in the theatre, but then so is Shakespeare’s play. The second act is devastating in its emotional impact.
We may think of Harry Potter as escapist delight, but J.K. Rowling’s books also contain an extended theme that has more in common with King Lear than most English professors might care to admit.
Valentine’s Day originated as a feast to celebrate the decapitation of a third-century Christian martyr, or perhaps two. It took a gruesome path to becoming a romantic holiday.
‘Cuck’, short for cuckold, is the favoured insult of men’s rights activists today. But the term has a long history: from the 16th to 18th centuries it reflected a deep anxiety about women’s sexual appetites.
The first recorded performance of the theatre company that Shakespeare co-founded was at a playhouse south of the Thames, but was lost to historians for centuries. Now we know where it lies.
The process of decolonising research methodology is an ethical, ontological and political exercise rather than simply one of approach and ways of producing knowledge.
Shakespeare’s play offered me a chance to think about India’s political and social issues from a literary and epic perspective.
The Rover begins with 17th-century playwright Aphra Behn inviting those who don’t like the idea of a female writer to fuck off, setting the tone for a hilarious and utterly relevant romp through Naples.
The series has divided critics: many have praised its sensitive depiction of rape and suicide, others have said it romantises taking one’s own life.
Some have denounced the New York Public Theater for encouraging violence against President Trump. But the play does just the opposite, warning of the pitfalls of political assassination.
The Booker Prize-winning novelist’s Reith lectures explore the complex relationship between historical fact and fiction.
The word Europe only appears ten times in the works of William Shakespeare.
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Lecturer in English, Australian National University
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Lecturer in English and Writing, University of Sydney
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Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Tomlinson Professor of Shakespeare Studies, McGill University
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Rachel Hadas is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of English, Rutgers University - Newark
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Leverhulme Early Career Reseach Fellow, University of Warwick
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Professor of English, University of Newcastle
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Professor in English Literature and Cultural Studies, University of Southern Queensland
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Honorary Associate in Creative Writing, The Open University
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Professor of Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama, The University of Melbourne
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Associate professor, University of the Witwatersrand
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Emeritus Professor of Shakespeare Studies, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Creative Arts, Griffith University
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Research assistant, Empire, Migration and Belonging, University of Oxford
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Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Sydney