What you Will festival videos
What you Will: King’s Shakespeare Festival,
brought together writers, poets, performers and
Shakespearean scholars from across the world to discuss
the Bard, his life and work. Below are video highlights
from across the weekend.
An evening to celebrate the publication of the anthology, On
Shakespeare's Sonnets: A Poets' Celebration, edited by Hannah
Crawforth and Elizabeth Scott-Baumann, with poems by Carol Ann
Duffy, Paul Muldoon, Simon Armitage, Jo Shapcott and many
others.
A lecture by Lena Cowen Orlin, on 'The Second-Best Bed'
followed by an exploration by professional actors and King's
academics of the glimpses we see of Shakespeare's life through
the brief records he left behind.
Ann Thompson and Neil Taylor describe the critical reception their original edition provoked. Their talk will be illustrated by actors performing excerpts from the play in its various texts.
A multidisciplinary reflection on the character Tom O'Bedlam
in song, history and lived experience.
A Q&A with renowned Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro, in
conversation with Gordon McMullan.
A lecture by renowned Shakespearean and Yale Professor Kastan
reflecting on the materials in the 'By Me William Shakespeare'
exhibition.
Acclaimed Shakespearean actor Simon Russell Beale in
conversation with Sonia Massai, about his career so far, the
challenges of playing Shakespeare’s most famous characters,
and his love of the text.