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PUBLIC LECTURE: Friends of the Library - Shakespeare: Anonymous or Synonymous?

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In the debate about Shakespeare’s authorship that began in the nineteenth century the absence of evidence has sometimes been taken as evidence of absence. However, in recent decades a great amount has been unearthed concerning Shakespeare’s life and times. There can now be little or no doubt that Shakespeare wrote the plays attributed to him. Nevertheless, since some illustrious thespians of this day have sought to question Shakespeare’s authorship through the medium of the recent film, Anonymous, it is worth reconsidering the phenomenon of conspiracy theories in general and those surrounding Shakespeare in particular. Hence the title of my talk: Anonymous or Synonymous: the question of Shakespeare’s authorship revisited.

About the Speaker

Christopher Wortham is Emeritus Professor of English at UWA. Since his retirement he has worked part-time as Professor of Theatre Studies and English Literature at the University of Notre Dame Australia (Fremantle). He is also Cathedral Scholar at St George’s Cathedral, Perth. Among his recent publications are an introductory essay to the volume entitled ‘This Earthly Stage’: World and Stage in Late Medieval and Early Modern England (2010) and a chapter on ‘Meanings of the South’ in European Perceptions of Terra Australis (2011).

Free parking is available via Entrance 1, Car Park No. 3

If glass door is unmanned, please enter via spiral staircase to 1st floor, then go down the stairs to the ground floor meeting room.

Members: Free Non Members $5 donation
Speaker(s) Christopher Wortham
Location Reid Library ground floor meeting room (Enter via glass sliding staff door � ground floor � facing car park)
Contact David Thatcher <[email protected]> : 6488 2326
Start Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:30
End Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:30
Submitted by Katie Mills <[email protected]>
Last Updated Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:35
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