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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.
Mulvany’s performance reminds us that Shakespeare still has the power to reveal the true monsters of our culture.
Most other African countries have a less fractious or problematic relationship to Shakespeare than South Africa does.
The really remarkable thing about Greig’s Malvolia is not that she is a woman. It is that Greig has completely re-conceived Shakespeare’s character.
In the face of planetary problems such as climate change, does national citizenship lose its meaning?
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
