Lloyd Davis Memorial Public Lecture
“Shakespeare’s Theatre Games” – Professor Tom Bishop, University of Auckland

Date: Wednesday 24 October 2012
Time: 6:00pm- 7:30pm
Where: Terrace Room, Sir Llew Edwards Building (#14), University of Queensland, St Lucia

Although Shakespeare’s plays were performed in a “playhouse” by “players”, the role of play in his dramas has been less explored than some other aspects. This lecture will present a case for thinking of his plays as involving explorations of play, both playful and serious.

About the Presenter

Tom Bishop is Professor of English at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is the author of Shakespeare and the Theatre of Wonder (Cambridge University Press, 1996), the translator of Ovid’s Amores (Carcanet, 2003), and a General Editor of The Shakespearean International Yearbook. He has published articles on Elizabethan music, Shakespeare, Jonson, Australian literature, and other topics, and is currently working on Shakespeare’s Theatre Games.

To be followed by refreshments, please RSVP to Stormy Wehi, s.wehi@uq.edu.au by 19th October 2012.