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Shakespeare on the Global Stage: Tiffany Stern (Oxford University) and Hyonu Lee (Soon Chun Hyang University)
The Shakespeare on the Global Stage festival celebrates the global reach of Shakespeare on the 400th anniversary of his death.
Saturday, April 23, 4:15pm Collins Cinema at Wellesley College
The Shakespeare on the Global Stage festival celebrates the global reach of Shakespeare on the 400th anniversary of his death. The Festival will also feature talks by eminent scholars from around the world that will highlight the on-going and volatile evolution of Shakespeare from the original Globe stage to the global stage. Tiffany Stern is Professor of Early Modern Drama at the University of Oxford and the world’s most recognized scholar on the performance practices and material conditions of Shakespeare’s time. Whether in the rehearsal room, the library, or simply while in attendance at a performance, our understanding of Shakespeare has been profoundly reshaped by Professor Stern’s work. Hyonu Lee is a theatre practitioner as well as Professor of English at Soon Chung Hyang University in South Korea. Professor Lee has directed plays ranging from Coriolanus and The Taming of the Shrew to the First Quarto version of Hamlet. He has written many articles on Shakespeare in performance across the globe, and has also edited (as first author) the book collection, Glocalizing Shakespeare in Korea and Beyond (2009). A reception in Alumnae Hall will follow the panel and preceed the performance.
