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Henry Peacham, 'Silvius', from Minerva Britanna (1612)

Into the woods with Shakespeare

02 Oct 2017

The Shakespearean Forest reimagines the real forests that our greatest playwright evoked in his works. The final book of renowned scholar, Anne...

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The Wall behind the Reichstag, (East) Berlin, Germany (1989/312)

Opinion: Skinnydipping, spies and shortages: Deutschland 83 brilliantly evokes life in East Germany

21 Jan 2016

Henning Grunwald (Faculty of History) discusses how accurate the representation of life in Cold War era East Germany is in Channel 4 drama...

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Looking for King Lear in Kashmir

22 Aug 2014

Dr Preti Taneja first read King Lear as a teenager and immediately saw parallels with the Indian culture of her parents’ homeland. Almost 20 years...

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Christos Tsirogiannis as Achilles and Gail Trimble as Thetis James Willetts

Meet a flawed hero in Greek drama brought alive

15 Feb 2013

Many of us have seen blockbuster movies based on the stories told in Homer’s epic poems. Now there’s a rare chance to see an accessible dramatisation...

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Tragedy.

Reinventing tragedy in the modern age

09 May 2012

Is tragedy the perfect dramatic form for our current predicament? Or has the classic idea of catharsis through viewing the suffering of others become...

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Elizabeth Siddal as Ophelia by Tom de Freston, Leverhulme Artist in Residence, University of Cambridge

“I must be present at your conference”

04 Aug 2011

The Cambridge Shakespeare Conference 2011 will bring together eminent scholars, artists, performers and educationists from a wide spectrum of...

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