You might think he’s the hero of his own story but the murder happy Hamlet is really an unconscionable brute.
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A classics scholar and poet turns to Greek mythology, especially the story of Oedipus the King, to explain the drama – or perhaps tragedy – that is taking place in the highest office in the land.
Puritans were often depicted as fools until they had a shot at government, and then the humour got darker.
From ‘islands of pain’ to the ‘peril of exposure,’ writers have captured the fear, emptiness and despair that characterize life during the current pandemic, writes a poet and English scholar.
From cholera outbreaks to public health actions, war metaphors have long been used to describe diseases, to show what we fear and to explain our world to ourselves.
New technology is helping archaeologists uncover details of the playwright’s home, workplaces and his final resting place.
The Bard’s plays have an unfair reputation for being hard. You’re probably reading them in the wrong way.
Plague ravaged England repeatedly during Shakespeare’s lifetime. The playwright translated the experience of sickness and restoration in many ways on the stage.
The life and work of seminal South African writer, intellectual and politician Sol Plaatje seems more relevant than ever. We look into some of the latest scholarly inquiry.
We have an innate desire to be reminded of darkness and mortality during the festive season.
Stories like ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ and ‘Jane Eyre’ are still relevant today.
Actors and theatre scholars seek to understand how ‘The Tempest’ could have been used by both European colonialists and also by advocates of resistance.
Seeking ways to engage students with Shakespeare’s Scottish play in far north Queensland, highlights disjunctions and surprising correlations between play and place.
Study uncovers what inner-city teenagers really thing about Hamlet et al.
Shakespeare’s first reputation was as a poet, and particularly as a sex poet. He would later incorporate his bawdy inclinations into his most famous plays.
Even Samuel Johnson found some of Shakespeare’s violent scenes unwatchable.
We talk excitedly about meeting someone with whom we ‘click’ or ‘really hit it off.’ So why do so many of us hesitate to call it love?
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.
Principais colaboradores
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Lecturer in English, Australian National University
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Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies, Royal Holloway University of London
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Professor of English, University of Newcastle
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Leverhulme Early Career Reseach Fellow, University of Warwick
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Associate professor, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama, The University of Melbourne
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Research assistant, Empire, Migration and Belonging, University of Oxford
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Professor of Creative Arts, Griffith University
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Honorary Associate in Creative Writing, The Open University
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Emeritus Professor of Shakespeare Studies, University of Birmingham
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Tomlinson Professor of Shakespeare Studies, McGill University
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Lecturer in English and Writing, University of Sydney
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Winthrop Professor of English, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Shakespeare Studies, University of Oxford
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Brunel University London
