Cyrano de Bergerac: a conversation
Shakespeare Institute Thursday seminar given by Simon Evans, Royal Shakespeare Company Director.
- Date: Thursday, 22 January 2026 (15:00 - 16:30) (UK)
- Location: Mason Croft (Shakespeare Institute) Stratford
Events at the Shakespeare Institute
Pursue your passion for Shakespeare: Discover our postgraduate opportunities at Birmingham
Professor Abigail Rokison-Woodall will introduce you to the MA taught programmes delivered at the University's Shakespeare Institute and answer your questions.
- Date: Monday, 26 January 2026 (14:00 - 14:45) (UK)
Discover our postgraduate research degrees in the School of English, Drama and Creative Studies
Join this free webinar with Dr Andrew Hodgson to find out more about our postgraduate research programmes in the School of English, Drama and Creative Studies.
- Date: Tuesday, 27 January 2026 (14:00 - 14:45) (UK)
"According to aintient prsedents", or, how the London Livery Companies retained the right to party
Shakespeare Institute Thursday seminar given by Lucy Holehouse (Royal Holloway University).
- Date: Thursday, 29 January 2026 (15:00 - 16:30) (UK)
- Location: Mason Croft (Shakespeare Institute) Stratford
Macbeth’s rhetorical temporality
Shakespeare Institute Thursday seminar given by Vanessa Lim (Seoul National University).
- Date: Thursday, 5 February 2026 (15:00 - 16:30) (UK)
- Location: Mason Croft (Shakespeare Institute) Stratford
In good company: community health on the early modern English stage
Shakespeare Institute Thursday seminar given by Toria Johnson (University of Birmingham).
- Date: Thursday, 12 February 2026 (15:00 - 16:30) (UK)
- Location: Mason Croft (Shakespeare Institute) Stratford
Translation and re-translation of Romeo and Juliet in Italy
Shakespeare Institute Thursday seminar given by Carmen Gallo (University of Sapienza).
- Date: Thursday, 19 February 2026 (15:00 - 16:30) (UK)
- Location: Mason Croft (Shakespeare Institute) Stratford
Playgoing by numbers: how often did playgoers see plays?
Shakespeare Institute Thursday seminar given by Eoin Price (University of Edinburgh and Shakespeare Institute alum).
- Date: Thursday, 5 March 2026 (15:00 - 15:30) (UK)
- Location: Mason Croft (Shakespeare Institute) Stratford
The translation of Shakespeare into a Japanese dialect
Shakespeare Institute Thursday seminar given by University of Waseda.
- Date: Thursday, 12 March 2026 (15:00 - 16:30) (UK)
- Location: Mason Croft (Shakespeare Institute) Stratford
‘Ordinary Shakespeare’ – the effects of references to everyday behaviour in the plays
Shakespeare Institute Thursday seminar given by Russell Jackson (University of Birmingham).
- Date: Thursday, 19 March 2026 (15:00 - 16:30) (UK)
- Location: Mason Croft (Shakespeare Institute) Stratford