Why should we study Elizabethan Theatre?

Dr Francis Leneghan of St Cross College, Oxford, discusses his current research around Beowulf and proposes why we should still study Old English Literature. 

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Professor Tiffany Stern joins Dr Adam Smyth to discuss her current research on the materiality of the early modern play text. What happens to our thinking about plays when prologues, epilogues and songs become mobile pieces, detached from the whole? 

Professor Amanda Fulford, Edge Hill University, speaks at SRHE Theory Network Event - IS THERE (STILL) ROOM FOR EDUCATION IN THE CONTEMPORARY UNIVERSITY? Exploring policy, research and practice through the lens of professional education. Seminar 3. (Audio length - 00:22:49) 

English teacher Mrs Steele gives Greg and Bella a lesson about just how gross life was in Shakespeare's day.Greg and Bella will work out if they could survive a day in Elizabethan London; hear about the crazy ideas that informed early medicine and their unlikely cures; find out h ...  Show more

English professor Stephen Brown offers a passionate lyrical take on Shakespeare’s continued prevalence in our culture. This talk was filmed at TEDxStMaryCSSchool. All TEDx events are organized independently by volunteers in the spirit of TED's mission of ideas worth spreading. To ...  Show more