King's Blog

The London Shakespeare Centre team at King's ran several projects under the Shakespeare400 banner throughout 2016. This blog is made up of contributions from the academic team, about their projects, as well as Early Modern and Shakespeare Studies students who have been involved in the activities.

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  • Shakespeare400: The Beginnings

    Post by Gordon McMullan, Professor of English and Academic Director of Shakespeare400 'If, I thought, King’s could lead the charge for the Tercentenary of 1916, why in the era of the insistence that universities create ‘impact’ should it not do so in 2016?'. Read about how the idea to celebrate 400 years of Shakespeare began Read more...

    Shakespeare in 1916
  • Ben Jonson’s Masque of Queens

    Post by Dr Daniel Starza Smith, Lecturer in Early Modern English Literature (1500-1700). Shakespeare400 proudly presents The Masque of Queens, by Ben Jonson and Inigo Jones, directed by Dr Emma Whipday and performed 11 August 2016 at New College Chapel, Oxford. Read more...

    Grey Shakespeare