Shakespeare’s Globe, 17 – 18 April 2015
Registration is open for this two-day conference at Shakespeare’s Globe
The conference will look at the place of friendship in early modern drama and theatre culture, featuring keynote addresses by Laurie Shannon (Northwestern University) and Cedric Brown (University of Reading). Leading scholars will explore the Renaissance fascination with idealised friendship – imagined as the sharing of ‘one soul in two bodies’ – and ask how the model was conceived on stage. Shakespeare and his contemporaries were well aware that a potential friend could be ‘another self’ or a false flatterer. This complexity was a rich source of inspiration for early modern dramatists.
Speakers include:
Stefania Crowther (University of Warwick), Jennifer Edwards (Royal Holloway, University of London), Huw Griffiths (University of Sydney), Chloë Houston (University of Reading), Eric Langley (University College London), Penelope Meyers Usher (New York University), Gemma Miller (King’s College London), Cass Morris (American Shakespeare Centre), Murat Öğütcü (Hacettepe University), Steve Orman (Canterbury Christ Church University), David L. Orvis (Appalachian State University), Andrea Stevens (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign).
The schedule is available here.
