Staging The James Plays in Nottingham
June 13, 2016
This blog was written by Peter Kirwan, Assistant Professor in Shakespeare & Early Modern Drama Rona Munro’s trilogy The James Plays is a unique piece of event theatre. Three plays performed by one ensemble of actors, focusing in turn on the reigns of James I, James II and James III of Scotland; staged on an epic …
D. H. Lawrence and Work
February 5, 2016
This blog post was written by Dr Andrew Harrison, Assistant Professor in English Literature, from the School of English. On Wednesday 13 January 2016 I participated in a pre-show discussion at the National Theatre on the topic of ‘D. H. Lawrence and Work’. The event was scheduled to accompany its current production of Husbands and …
Notes from research leave: close encounters with the book
January 26, 2016
I’m currently on research leave completing a couple of projects. One of these is a new, student-focused edition of Doctor Faustus, and my leave allows me time to visit the archives necessary for editorial work. We’re fortunate at Nottingham to have access to Early English Books Online (EEBO), a database containing thousands of scanned early …
The Return
December 10, 2014
The New Wipers Times The Wipers Times was a renowned trench magazine, published by Nottingham’s Sherwood Foresters whilst fighting on the frontlines during the Great War, 1914-1918. Working with army families, the New Wipers Times is a ‘graphic anthology’ that gives a glimpse of army life today. In early 1916 the 12th Battalion of the …
Out of the Shadow of Shakespeare
July 27, 2012
Shakespeare casts a long shadow. Particularly in this Olympic year, he’s absolutely everywhere – in a new exhibition at the British Museum, in the World Shakespeare Festival of performances taking place around the country (which I’ll be revisiting in my next post), and even during the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics themselves, which is based …
Adapting DH Lawrence’s ‘Women in Love’
March 24, 2011
The screenwriter, playwright and actor William Ivory received an honorary doctorate from Nottingham in 2009, and came back to the university on 17 March 2011 with the television producer Mark Pybus (whose parents are both graduates from Nottingham) to discuss the new BBC/Company Pictures version of Women in Love. The television film will be shown …
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