Whose Shakespeare Is It Anyway ?

A two lecture study morning.

Lecture 1:

Whose Shakespeare Is It Anyway ?

When we talk about a Shakespeare play what do we actually mean? How have these plays come down to us across the centuries, and how faithful are modern editions to the originals? This interactive, entertaining and enlightening lecture (developed with Sir Jonathan Bate, the distinguished Shakespearean scholar,) discusses how we approach a Shakespearean text, where it comes from, and how modern editors reedit them, frequently mistakenly.

Lecture 2:

'A Play Towards': Shakespeare From Page To Stage

A lively and interactive lecture/workshop looking at how Shakespeare’s company produced the plays in the 16/17 century. Highlighting the differences between early modern and modern theatre practise, including repertoire constraints on rehearsal, cue scripts, embedded stage direction, visible audience, universal lighting, and touching on textual clues. this workshop will change the way you look at Shakespeare’s texts for ever.

Lecturers Biography:

Nick Hutchison is a theatre director, actor and lecturer. He has directed at Shakespeare’s Globe, the Sam Wanamaker Theatre, Wilton’s Music Hall, St James’s Theatre, Cheltenham Everyman, the Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall, Folger Theatre in DC, Tmu- na Theatre in Tel Aviv, the McCoy Theater in Memphis and the American Shakespeare Center in Virginia.

He is an Associate Drama Tutor at RADA, LAMDA and Shakespeare’s Globe, and has directed, lectured, and taught for the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, the Dublin Lir Academy, BADA, Mountview, Rhodes College, Syracuse, Notre Dame, Case Western Reserve University and the NYU.

As an actor he worked with the RSC, the National Theatre, the Globe Theatre, the BBC and ITV, and appeared in Miss Potter, 102 Dalmatians, and About A Boy.

He lectures worldwide on Shakespeare, is a regular contributor to the National Symposium on Classical Education in Phoenix, Arizona, he had a paper published in Shakespeare Bulletin in 2014, and contributed to How and Why We Teach Shakespeare (Routledge) and Why The Theatre? ( Routledge).