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Shakespeare and the Idea of National Theatre

Watch Professor Michael Dobson giving his inaugural lecture at the Shakespeare Institute.

University of Birmingham Aston Webb building

Professor Michael Dobson  delivered his inaugural lecture at the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford upon Avon on Tuesday 14 October 2014. A full video recording is available below.

Professor Dobson delivered an illustrated lecture exploring some of the ways in which Shakespeare has both defined and troubled the theatre’s sense of mission over the last two hundred years, whether regionally or nationally.