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This page reflects a scholar's association with the Folger Institute.

Executive Director, Folger Institute, 1982-1996

Georgetown University Consortium Executive Committee Member, 2009-present

Long-term fellowship

"The Private Life of William Shakespeare" (Mellon, 2011–2012)

For a biography of William Shakespeare, I propose to focus on civic and ecclesiastical records to build fresh contexts for understanding his marriage to Anne Hathaway, his life in London, his retirement to Stratford, and his last will. A projected first chapter will revisit the identity and age of Anne Hathaway. A second chapter will discuss the couple’s working lives in Stratford and London. A third chapter will emphasize that by living in lodgings in London but purchasing property in Stratford, Shakespeare demonstrated a life-long commitment to the town of his birth. A fourth chapter will give a revisionist reading of the “second-best bed.” Although the book will focus on new research, it will necessarily address some of the myths of Shakespeare’s biography. To understand the development of these myths, the collections of the Folger Shakespeare Library are unrivalled. A year at the Folger would enable me to consult such important materials as contemporary marriage settlements and property transfers in the Stratford area, the later seventeenth-century diaries of Stratford vicar John Ward, and the nineteenth-century scrapbooks of J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps. My aim would be to complete the manuscript by the end of the fellowship year.

Short-term fellowships

2009-2010 2004-2005

Scholarly Programs

Speaker, Shakespeare and the Problem of Biography (Conference, 2013–2014)

Organizer, Early Modern Cities in Comparative Perspective (Conference, 2012–2013)

Visiting Faculty, The Handwritten Worlds of Early Modern England, (Summer Institute, 1995)

Speaker, Mapping the Early Modern World, (Conference, 1998)

Organizer, Material London, ca. 1600, (Conference, 1995)

Curator, Elizabethan Households, (Exhibition, 1995)

Visiting faculty, The Theatre in History: The Social Function of Renaissance Dramatic Genres (Summer Institute, 1992)

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-This page reflects a scholar's association with the [[Folger Institute]]. Records before 2008 are in the process of being added to Folgerpedia.
+This page reflects a scholar's association with the [[Folger Institute]].
+Executive Director, [[Folger Institute]], 1982-1996
+Georgetown University Consortium Executive Committee Member, 2009-present
 === Long-term fellowship ===
-"The Private Life of William Shakespeare" (Mellon, [[Folger Institute 2011-2012 long-term fellows|2011-2012]])
+"The Private Life of William Shakespeare" (Mellon, [[Folger Institute 2011–2012 long-term fellows|2011–2012]])
-For a biography of William Shakespeare, I propose to focus on civic and ecclesiastical records to build fresh contexts for understanding his marriage to Anne Hathaway, his life in London, his retirement to Stratford, and his last will.   A projected first chapter will revisit the identity and age of Anne Hathaway.  A second chapter will discuss the couple’s working lives in Stratford and London.  A third chapter will emphasize that by living in lodgings in London but purchasing property in Stratford, Shakespeare demonstrated a life-long commitment to the town of his birth.  A fourth chapter will give a revisionist reading of the “second-best bed.”  Although the book will focus on new research, it will necessarily address some of the myths of Shakespeare’s biography.  To understand the development of these myths, the collections of the Folger Shakespeare Library are unrivalled.  A year at the Folger would enable me to consult such important materials as contemporary marriage settlements and property transfers in the Stratford area, the later seventeenth-century diaries of Stratford vicar John Ward, and the nineteenth-century scrapbooks of J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps.  My aim would be to complete the manuscript by the end of the fellowship year.
+For a biography of William Shakespeare, I propose to focus on civic and ecclesiastical records to build fresh contexts for understanding his marriage to Anne Hathaway, his life in London, his retirement to Stratford, and his last will.   A projected first chapter will revisit the identity and age of Anne Hathaway.  A second chapter will discuss the couple’s working lives in Stratford and London.  A third chapter will emphasize that by living in lodgings in London but purchasing property in Stratford, Shakespeare demonstrated a life-long commitment to the town of his birth.  A fourth chapter will give a revisionist reading of the “second-best bed.”  Although the book will focus on new research, it will necessarily address some of the myths of Shakespeare’s biography.  To understand the development of these myths, the collections of the Folger Shakespeare Library are unrivalled.  A year at the Folger would enable me to consult such important materials as contemporary marriage settlements and property transfers in the Stratford area, the later seventeenth-century diaries of Stratford vicar John Ward, and the nineteenth-century scrapbooks of [[J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps]].  My aim would be to complete the manuscript by the end of the fellowship year.
+=== Short-term fellowships===
+-2010
+-2005
 ===Scholarly Programs===
-Speaker, [[Shakespeare and the Problem of Biography (conference)|Shakespeare and the Problem of Biography]] (Conference, [[2013-2014 Folger Institute Scholarly Programs|2013-2014]])
+Speaker, [[Shakespeare and the Problem of Biography (conference)|Shakespeare and the Problem of Biography]] (Conference, [[2013–2014 Folger Institute Scholarly Programs|2013–2014]])
+Organizer, [[Early Modern Cities in Comparative Perspective (conference)|Early Modern Cities in Comparative Perspective]] (Conference, [[2012–2013 Folger Institute Scholarly Programs|2012–2013]])
+Visiting Faculty, [[The Handwritten Worlds of Early Modern England]], (Summer Institute, 1995)
+Speaker, [[Mapping the Early Modern World]], (Conference, 1998)
+Organizer, [[Material London, ca. 1600]], (Conference, 1995)
-Organizer, [[Early Modern Cities in Comparative Perspective (conference)|Early Modern Cities in Comparative Perspective]] (Conference, [[2012-2013 Folger Institute Scholarly Programs|2012-2013]])
+Curator, [[Elizabethan Households]], (Exhibition, 1995)
-Visiting faculty, The Theatre in History: The Social Function of Renaissance Dramatic Genres (Summer Institute, 1992)
+Visiting faculty, [[The Theatre in History: The Social Function of Renaissance Dramatic Genres]] (Summer Institute, 1992)
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