3 Days, 3 Plays, 3 Events.

'Performance in History' was a series of conversations that took place over three evenings in June 2021. It brought together doctoral and early career researchers to think about the ways in which some of Shakespeare's best known plays have shifted and changed through their performance(s) across history.

Hosted in collaboration with the London Shakespeare Centre.

Missed out? Catch up with the recordings below.

Tragedy (Macbeth): 7 June 2021
Chair: Dr Nora Williams.
Panel: Eli Cumings, Wendy Lennon, Dr Romola Nuttall.
Keywords: colonialism; empire; the township; trauma; race; teaching; riot; power; money.

Comedy (A Midsummer Night's Dream): 8 June 2021
Chair: Dr Koel Chatterjee.
Panel: Rowena Hawkins, Dr Elisabeth Lutteman, Jennifer Moss-Waghorn.
Keywords: pandemic; climate; digital; music; translation; authority; revival; institutional memory; survival.
The recording of this panel will only be available for viewing until 30 June 2021.

History (Richard III): 9 June 2021
Chair: Dr Sally Barnden.
Panel: Rachel Chung, Lucy Clarke, Dr Hailey Bachrach.
Keywords: prodigy; victorian; cross casting; politics; site-specificity; audience; respectability; class; adaptation.