Renaissance Histories: Shakespeare and the History Play, 19th-20th July
2002, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
Keynote Speakers: Barbara Hodgdon, Peter Holland, Tom Healy, Carol
Chillington Rutter
www.uclan.ac.uk/histories
The deadline for submission of abstracts has been extended to March 1st
2002. At this stage, we are particularly interested in papers which address
the following authors, plays and themes:
Authors: Marlowe , Jonson, Dekker and Heywood, Beaumont & Fletcher, Ford
Plays: Edward II, Tamberlaine, Massacre at Paris, The Troublesome Reign of
King John, The Famous Victories of Henry V, Woodstock, Edward IV, Sir John
Oldcastle, Sir Thomas More, Thomas Lord Cromwell, Jack Straw, The Whore of
Babylon, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Richardus Tertius.
Topics: the representation within the history play, broadly defined, of
those excluded from or marginalised within patriarchal history, including
women, commoners, rebels, and the non-English; comic history; censorship
and regulation; the reproduction of history in pageantry or other forms of
display; the history play in performance, including twentieth- and
twenty-first century performances of history plays (This might include the
performance of history plays cycles, RSC history plays, postmodern
histories, history play design); the 'Orient', queenship, romance
histories, civic spaces & histories, citizens, romance histories,
contemporary history.
Though we have had a very good response to the Shakespeare strand of the
paper, we still welcome further papers on his history plays (particularly on
their performance).
To propose a paper, please send a 250 word abstract, preferably by email or
floppy disk (MS-Word, ASCIII or compatible file formats only), by 1st March
2002. Please note that all paper presenters will need to register for the
conference and pay the registration fee. Please address all submissions and
general enquiries to: Liz Kelly, Business Services, Livesey House,
University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, UK. Tel 00 (44) 1772
892256, Fax: 00 (44) 1772 892938, Email: ejkelly@uclan.ac.uk. The conference
organisers are: Stuart Hampton-Reeves, Dermot Cavanagh, Steve Longstaffe.
The original call for papers follows:
This two-day conference invites fresh perspectives on the history plays of
Shakespeare and his contemporaries. We have three principal aims:
1. To explore the historical, geographical and mythological representation
of Britain and other cultures in the historical drama of the period and its
subsequent performances. This might include: the institutional role of
theatre in developing a national culture, national subjectivities, regional
identities and ethnicities; the representation of specific places;
performances in specific locales; language, accent and identity; gender;
public and domestic spaces; representing 'Other' histories; the performance
and reception of the early modern history play in post-devolution Britain;
the nature of kingship, sovereignty and socio-political structures;
constructing/deconstructing Britain linguistically, metaphorically or
symbolically.
2. To examine the hybrid and experimental nature of the early modern history
play; a special section of the conference will be devoted to plays which
test the generic boundaries of the history play, such as King Lear,
Cymbeline and Macbeth.
3. To explore the performance history of early modern history plays from the
16th century to the 21st century; and to explore new paradigms for the study
of history in performance. This might include: the nature and politics of
staging history; the relationship between narrative and spectacle in
performance; the development and cultural role of history play cycles; the
'radical potentiality' of history plays in performance; gender and 'anxious
masculinity'; the representation of war and civil war; editing and adapting
history plays; history on film; history plays in the new millennium.
We welcome submissions on these issues and on any issues arising from the
history plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries.
Abstract Guidelines
To propose a paper, please send a 250 word abstract, preferably by email or
floppy disk (MS-Word, ASCIII or compatible file formats only), by 15th
January 2002. Please note that all paper presenters will need to register
for the conference and pay the registration fee. Please address all
submissions and general enquiries to: Liz Kelly, Business Services, Livesey
House, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, UK. Tel 00 (44)
1772 892256, Fax: 00 (44) 1772 892938, Email: ejkelly@uclan.ac.uk. The
conference organisers are: Stuart Hampton-Reeves, Dermot Cavanagh, Steve
Longstaffe.
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