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Perspective: Anne Boleyn

Thursday 12 August

Playwright Howard Brenton and members of the creative team discuss the process and staging of his play celebrating the great English heroine Anne Boleyn.
Chaired by theatre critic and freelance journalist Heather Neill.
More on the 2010 Theatre Season production of Anne Boleyn »

Time: 6pm
Venue: Nancy W Knowles Lecture Theatre
Tickets: £8 (£5 FoSG/concs/students)

Perspective: Macbeth

The Missing Scenes and the Added Scenes
Wednesday 8 September

Shakespeare wrote Macbeth in about 1606. The play is known to have been produced after Shakespeare’s retirement, at which time several unauthorised changes were made. The play was not printed until 1623, and when it was, the published version was not the play as Shakespeare left it. A number of scenes as well as songs had been inserted by hands other than Shakespeare. But even with the added items, Macbeth is the shortest of Shakespeare’s tragedies, and this suggests that several scenes were either deleted or lost.

John Wolfson’s annual talk at Shakespeare’s Globe is always a highlight in the summer events calendar. This year he will examine the surviving text of Macbeth and as always will be supported by two Globe actors.
More on the 2010 Theatre Season production of Macbeth »

Time: 6pm
Venue: Nancy W Knowles Lecture Theatre
Tickets: £8 (£5 FoSG/concs/students)

Perspective: Bedlam

Thursday 16 September

Playwright Nell Leyshon, director Jessica Swale and Tim McInerny (Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Bethlem Royal Hospital, SLAM NHS Trust) join a public panel discussion to explore the background, writing and staging of Nell's new play, Bedlam, inspired by Bethlem Hospital.
Chaired by theatre critic and freelance journalist Heather Neill.
More on the 2010 Theatre Season production of Bedlam »

Time: 6pm
Venue: Nancy W Knowles Lecture Theatre
Tickets: £8 (£5 FoSG/concs/students)

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