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When:
May 11, 2015 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
2015-05-11T14:00:00+01:00
2015-05-11T15:30:00+01:00
Where:
Blue Boar Lecture Theatre
Christ Church
University of Oxford, St Aldate's, Oxford
Oxfordshire OX1 1DP
Christ Church
University of Oxford, St Aldate's, Oxford
Oxfordshire OX1 1DP
Cost:
Free
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2015 lies between the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth last year, and the 400th anniversary of his death next year. As celebrations of Shakespeare’s profundity and morality abound, James Sheldrake will be offering a timely exploration of the darker side of Shakespeare in performance, exploring stagings of the “universal” playwright in Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and pre-Civil Rights America.
James is a freelance Shakespearean. Since finishing a Masters in Renaissance Literature at Oxford, he has taught at RADA, worked with Globe Education and podcasts regularly at www.sheldrakeonshakespeare.com. He is currently pitching a programme on Shakespeare and Evil, the subject of today’s lecture, to the BBC World Service.