BSA programme - Sunday 2nd September
Registration, Rootes Social Building (building 49 on the campus map).
9.30-11am Session 1
A seminar convened by E.A. Davies, Pershore, and Jose Ramon Diaz Fernandez, University of Malaga. Auditors welcome
1.2 Practical Approaches to Teaching Shakespeare Through Performance Humanities H003
A seminar convened by Hillary Fogerty, Mercyhurst College. Auditors welcome
1.3 Three short papers on the treatment of Shakespeare's texts Humanities H058
chaired by John Jowett, Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham
The Landscape of Shakespeare: Portrayals of Britain in Nineteenth-century Shakespeare CriticismMark Hollingsworth, University of Nottingham
Shakespeare Editing for Beginners: Dumbing-down or Making Accessible
Jan Sewell, University of Warwick
Shakespeare on His Mind: Annotating Quotations in Modern Editions of the Eighteenth-century Novel
Kate Rumbold, Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham
1.4 Two short papers on intercultural approaches to Shakespeare Humanities H203 chaired by John Drakakis, University of Stirling
“Take you the marks of her, the colour of her hair, complexion, height, age”: The Idea of “Race” in the RSC’s Complete Works, Amanda Penlington, University of the West of England
"Adding colours to the chameleon": Asta Nielsen's Hamlet Restored, Tony Howard, University of Warwick
1.5 Lessons in Equity through Shakespeare’s Dialogues and Trials: an interactive session to include hands-on engagement with practical examples of scriptwriting and performance currently employed at the School of Law at Warwick Humanities H244
Gary Watt, University of Warwick
11-11.30am
Coffee Warwick Arts Centre Foyer
11.30am-12.30pm Session 2
Editing Shakespeare: a debate Arts Centre Conference Room
Stanley Wells, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, and Jonathan Bate, University of Warwick, chaired by Henry Woudhuysen, Kings College London
12.30-1.30pm
Self-service Lunch Rootes Social Building
Free to all delegates
1.15-2.45pm
3.1 Nineteenth-Century Shakespeare: a seminar (90 minutes) Humanities H244
Convened by Kathryn Prince, Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham. Auditors welcome.
3.2 Music i' the Air (90 minutes) Arts Centre Conference Room
With Ilona Sekacz, RSC composer, Heather Wastie (soprano, recorders), David Ponsford (virginals/keyboard), led by Gabrielle Byam-Grounds (flute/piccolo)
An interactive session with live musical illustrations and informal vocal workshop: change and continuity in the interpretation of Shakespeare's musical stage directions and the influence of prevailing musical taste over productions through the centuries.
1.30-2.30pm
3.3 Adapting Shakespeare into Manga (60 minutes) Humanities H003
Emma Hayley, SelfMadeHero
3.4 Two short papers on Shakespeare in his cultural context (60 minutes) Humanities H203
“Thou art my boy”: Manipulation and the Early Modern Mother
Penelope Freedman, Stratford-upon-Avon
Shakespeare In Company
Bart Van Es, St Catherine’s College Oxford
2.45-3.45pm Session 4 Arts Centre Conference Room
Interpreting a Shakespeare Part: An Actor's Perspective
Oliver Ford Davies, chaired by Stanley Wells
3.45-4.15pm
Close and Tea, Warwick Arts Centre Foyer
Hamlet, directed by Laurence Olivier (1948), Warwick Arts Centre Cinema
Tickets may be purchased at the Arts Centre Box Office (delegates will receive a £2 discount)