Please join us on Friday, September 9th at 11:00 AM in Austin 217 (Milton Stern Lounge) for "Player, Author, Imposter?: Shakespeare and the Evolution of Authorship through Performance, Print, and Modern Conspiracy Theory," a panel organized by English Department graduate students in conjunction with the First Folio's visit to UConn. Our panel is open to students, faculty, and the general public, and is designed to be informative, accessible, and interdisciplinary. What follows is a brief description of each presentation:
"Before the Folio: Shakespeare’s Plays as Performance" - This presentation will explore the pieces of production: actors, rehearsal, and performance. Now that we’ve come to understand Shakespeare as an author, let’s consider Shakespeare as an actor and playwright.
"Authorship and the Early Modern Book Trade" - This presentation explores the role print culture played in constructing and transforming conceptions of authorship in the early modern period, and begin to piece together the cultural meanings of print in the early modern period.
Shakespeare, Authorship, and Modern Conspiracy Theory - This presentation seeks to dispel the myth of Shakespeare's questionable authorship by explaining how the "idea" of an author has changed since the early modern period, how these changing perceptions inspired the authorship question, and why scholars overwhelmingly support the authorship of Shakespeare.
For more information, contact: Melissa Rohrer/English at melissa.rohrer@uconn.edu