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English undergraduates 1 Henry IV study trip

Department of English study afternoon at the Shakespeare Institute.

University of Birmingham Aston Webb building

Undergraduates from the Department of English came to the Shakespeare Institute today for a study afternoon prior to seeing a preview of Institute Honorary Fellow Greg Doran's new Royal Shakespeare Company production of 1 Henry IV.

They met, among others, the Institute PhD student who has worked as Greg's textual assistant on the show, and assistant director Owen Horsley, fresh from the afternoon's re-rehearsals.