London Renaissance Seminar: Early Modern Vengeance; In and Out of Time
When:
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Venue:
Birkbeck 43 Gordon Square
No booking required
Revenge is a temporal action. Whether that’s because of the delay so central to its Renaissance stage narratives, or the implicit repetition inherent in the term itself – ‘re-venge’. This half-day symposium will interrogate the relationship between revenge and time in Early Modern drama, while also considering the performances of Early Modern revenge plays in our own time.
Confirmed speakers include Will Tosh (Globe Theatre), Derek Dunne (University of Fribourg), Thomas Rist (University of Aberdeen)Sarah Lewis (King’s), Caroline Steinbeis (Director The Broken Heart), Catherine Silverstone (Queen Mary, University of London), and Katherine M. Graham (University of Westminster).
1:45-2 Coffee
2-2:45 Introduction and ‘“I am set on again”, Revenge and Repetition in The
Changeling’, Katherine M. Graham (University of Westminster)
2:45-3 Break
3-4:30 ‘Revenge/Religion: Renaissance Re-enactments Today’, Thomas Rist
(University of Aberdeen)
‘Pressing Pause in Hamlet’, Derek Dunne (University of Fribourg)
4:30-4:45 Break
4:45-6 Roundtable Discussion: Revenge at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Caroline Steinbeis (Director The Broken Heart), Catherine Silverstone
(Queen Mary, University of London), Will Tosh (Globe Theatre)
Organiser: Dr Kate Graham
(Awarded: London Renaissance Seminar Bursary Prize 2015).
Contact name:
Sue Wiseman