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Shakespeare: Print and Performance

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Sylvia Morris

For many years, even centuries, there was a huge divide between Shakespeare’s plays as they were performed and how they appeared in print. Scholars wrestled with the numerous different editions of the plays issued in the early modern period, trying … Continue reading →

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Richard III’s final journey

Posted on January 31, 2015 by Sylvia Morris

It’s almost two years since it was announced live on national TV that the skeleton discovered under a car park in Leicester was indeed that of King Richard III, killed at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. I watched the … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare and his world: MOOC in progress

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Sylvia Morris

I’m very much enjoying the Shakespeare and his World MOOC created by the University of Warwick in collaboration with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, devised and presented by Professor Jonathan Bate. Last week the play being examined was The Merchant of … Continue reading →

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The future of education for Shakespeare? MOOCs in action

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Sylvia Morris

The second of the two Massive Open Online Course (MOOCs)s on Shakespeare is now under way, and in case you fancy trying it out, is still open for enrolment. The first, the Shakespeare Institute’s Hamlet MOOC, has finished, though it’s to be hoped … Continue reading →

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