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'''Description''': As well as being called “play-makers” and “poets,” playwrights in early modern England were sometimes known as “play-patchers.” This is because plays themselves could be viewed as a collection of odds and ends rather than a whole entity. This symposium, sponsored by the Institute’s Center for Shakespeare Studies as part of its triennial anniversary programming, will bring together panels of major scholars to explore the “patches” that made up Shakespeare’s texts before, during, and after performance. Participants will consider the documents from which a play was constructed (including plot-scenarios and snatches of co-authored text); the documents from which a play was performed (including actors’ parts, stage scrolls, prologues and epilogues, backstage plots, and arguments); and the documents into which a play resolved after performance (including ballads, chapbooks, and passages in miscellanies and commonplace books). Investigating the way documents inform and complicate our ideas about play-construction, performance, revision, and reception, the symposium will ask participants to consider whether plays themselves were ever whole entities: what is a play?
'''Description''': As well as being called “play-makers” and “poets,” playwrights in early modern England were sometimes known as “play-patchers.” This is because plays themselves could be viewed as a collection of odds and ends rather than a whole entity. This symposium, sponsored by the Institute’s Center for Shakespeare Studies as part of its triennial anniversary programming, will bring together panels of major scholars to explore the “patches” that made up Shakespeare’s texts before, during, and after performance. Participants will consider the documents from which a play was constructed (including plot-scenarios and snatches of co-authored text); the documents from which a play was performed (including actors’ parts, stage scrolls, prologues and epilogues, backstage plots, and arguments); and the documents into which a play resolved after performance (including ballads, chapbooks, and passages in miscellanies and commonplace books). Investigating the way documents inform and complicate our ideas about play-construction, performance, revision, and reception, the symposium will ask participants to consider whether plays themselves were ever whole entities: what is a play?


'''Organizers''': '''[[Tiffany Stern]]''' is Professor of Early Modern Drama at Oxford University and a General Editor of Arden 4 Shakespeare. Her books include ''Shakespeare in Parts'' (co-written with Simon Palfrey, 2007) and ''Documents of Performance in Early Modern England'' (2009). She is currently writing a book about theaters and fairs, and another about documents after performance. She is organizing this symposium with '''[[Owen Williams]]''', the Institute’s Assistant Director for Scholarly Programs.   
'''Organizers''': '''[[Tiffany Stern]]''' is Professor of Early Modern Drama at Oxford University and a General Editor of Arden 4 Shakespeare. Her books include ''Shakespeare in Parts'' (co-written with Simon Palfrey, 2007) and ''Documents of Performance in Early Modern England'' (2009). She is currently writing a book about theaters and fairs, and another about documents after performance. She is organizing this symposium with '''[[User:OwenWilliams |Owen Williams]]''', the Institute’s Assistant Director for Scholarly Programs.   




===Provisional Schedule (subject to change))===
==='''Provisional Schedule''' ===


===='''Thursday, March 17, 2016'''====
===='''Thursday, March 17, 2016'''====
Folger Shakespeare Library Exhibition Hall and Theatre


6:00-7:00
=====Opening Reception/Registration (Paster Reading Room)=====


7:00-8:00
====='''Plenary Lecture''': “From Script to Stage to Script”=====
'''[[Tiffany Stern]]''', Oxford University


:Welcome and Chair: '''[[Kathleen Lynch]]''', Folger Institute
6:00-7:00
 
'''Opening Reception and Symposium Registration'''
 
 
 
7:00-8:00
 
'''Plenary Lecture''': “From Script to Stage to Script”
::'''[[Tiffany Stern]]''', Oxford University
::Welcome and Chair: '''[[Kathleen Lynch]]''', Folger Institute
 
:






===='''Friday, March 18, 2016'''====  
===='''Friday, March 18, 2016'''====  
:Foulke Conference Room, 301 East Capitol Street, SE
 


9:00-10:30
9:00-10:30
====='''Documents before Performance'''=====  
====='''Documents before Performance'''=====  
:Welcome: [[Owen Williams]], Folger Institute
:Welcome: '''[[User:OwenWilliams |Owen Williams]]''', Folger Institute


::'''[[Lucy Munro]]''', King’s College London
::'''[[Lucy Munro]]''', King’s College London
::'''[[Holger Syme]]''', University of Toronto
::'''[[Holger Syme]]''', University of Toronto  
:::Chair: '''[[Tiffany Stern]]''', Oxford University




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10:45-12:15
10:45-12:15
=====Documents of Rehearsal=====
 
====='''Documents of Rehearsal'''=====
   
   
::'''[[James Marino]]''', Cleveland State University
::'''[[James Marino]]''', Cleveland State University
::'''[[Richard Preiss]]''', University of Utah
::'''[[Richard Preiss]]''', University of Utah
 
:::Chair: '''[[Brooke Conti]]''', Cleveland State University


12:15-1:30: Lunch (on your own)
12:15-1:30: Lunch (on your own)
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::'''[[Sonia Massai]]''', King’s College London  
::'''[[Sonia Massai]]''', King’s College London  
::'''[[Paul Menzer]]''', Mary Baldwin College
::'''[[Paul Menzer]]''', Mary Baldwin College
 
:::Chair: '''[[Peter Holland]]''', University of Notre Dame


3:00-3:30: Tea Break
3:00-3:30: Tea Break
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::'''[[Matt Steggle]]''', Sheffield Hallam University
::'''[[Matt Steggle]]''', Sheffield Hallam University
::'''[[Sarah Wall-Randell]]''', Wellesley College
::'''[[Sarah Wall-Randell]]''', Wellesley College
:::Chair: '''[[Erika T. Lin]]''', George Mason University




==== '''Saturday, March 19, 2016''' ====


==== '''Saturday, March 19, 2016''' ====
:Foulke Conference Room, 301 East Capitol Street, SE


9:00-10:30
9:00-10:30
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::'''[[Laura Estill]]''', Texas A&M University
::'''[[Laura Estill]]''', Texas A&M University
::'''[[Andras Kisery]]''', City College of New York, CUNY
::'''[[Andras Kisery]]''', City College of New York, CUNY
:::Chair: '''[[Musa Gurnis]]''', Washington University in St. Louis
10:30-10:45: Break




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::'''[[Claire M. L. Bourne]]''', Virginia Commonwealth University
::'''[[Claire M. L. Bourne]]''', Virginia Commonwealth University
::'''[[Zachary Lesser]]''', University of Pennsylvania
::'''[[Zachary Lesser]]''', University of Pennsylvania
 
:::Chair: '''[[Jennifer Wood]]''', Shakespeare Quarterly


12:15-1:45: Lunch (on your own)
12:15-1:45: Lunch (on your own)
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===== '''Lost Documents; Absent Documents; Forged Documents''' =====
===== '''Lost Documents; Absent Documents; Forged Documents''' =====


::'''[[Roslyn Knutson]]''', University of Arkansas, Little Rock
::'''[[Roslyn L. Knutson]]''', University of Arkansas, Little Rock
::'''[[David McInnis]]''', University of Melbourne
::'''[[David McInnis]]''', University of Melbourne
:::Chair:''' [[Anston Bosman]]''', Amherst College


3:15-4:00: Tea Break
3:15-4:00: Tea Break


4:00-5:15:  
 
===== Wrap-up Session: Rethinking Shakespeare’s Theatrical Documents =====  
4:00-5:15:
 
===== Wrap-up Session: '''Rethinking Shakespeare’s Theatrical Documents''' =====  


Comments:
Comments:
::'''[[Peter Holland]]''', University of Notre Dame
::'''[[Peter Holland]]''', University of Notre Dame
::'''[[Paul Werstine]]''', University of Western Ontario
::'''[[Paul Werstine]]''', King's University College at Western Canada
 


5:15-7:00
5:15-7:00
===== '''Closing Reception''' =====  
===== '''Closing Reception''' =====
(Founders Room)
 
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Latest revision as of 14:41, 16 December 2016

Shakespeare’s Theatrical Documents

A Spring 2016 Folger Institute Symposium


Description: As well as being called “play-makers” and “poets,” playwrights in early modern England were sometimes known as “play-patchers.” This is because plays themselves could be viewed as a collection of odds and ends rather than a whole entity. This symposium, sponsored by the Institute’s Center for Shakespeare Studies as part of its triennial anniversary programming, will bring together panels of major scholars to explore the “patches” that made up Shakespeare’s texts before, during, and after performance. Participants will consider the documents from which a play was constructed (including plot-scenarios and snatches of co-authored text); the documents from which a play was performed (including actors’ parts, stage scrolls, prologues and epilogues, backstage plots, and arguments); and the documents into which a play resolved after performance (including ballads, chapbooks, and passages in miscellanies and commonplace books). Investigating the way documents inform and complicate our ideas about play-construction, performance, revision, and reception, the symposium will ask participants to consider whether plays themselves were ever whole entities: what is a play?

Organizers: Tiffany Stern is Professor of Early Modern Drama at Oxford University and a General Editor of Arden 4 Shakespeare. Her books include Shakespeare in Parts (co-written with Simon Palfrey, 2007) and Documents of Performance in Early Modern England (2009). She is currently writing a book about theaters and fairs, and another about documents after performance. She is organizing this symposium with Owen Williams, the Institute’s Assistant Director for Scholarly Programs.


Provisional Schedule

Thursday, March 17, 2016

6:00-7:00

Opening Reception and Symposium Registration


7:00-8:00

Plenary Lecture: “From Script to Stage to Script”

Tiffany Stern, Oxford University
Welcome and Chair: Kathleen Lynch, Folger Institute


Friday, March 18, 2016

9:00-10:30

Documents before Performance
Welcome: Owen Williams, Folger Institute
Lucy Munro, King’s College London
Holger Syme, University of Toronto
Chair: Tiffany Stern, Oxford University


10:30-10:45: Break


10:45-12:15

Documents of Rehearsal
James Marino, Cleveland State University
Richard Preiss, University of Utah
Chair: Brooke Conti, Cleveland State University

12:15-1:30: Lunch (on your own)


1:30-3:00

Documents during Performance
Sonia Massai, King’s College London
Paul Menzer, Mary Baldwin College
Chair: Peter Holland, University of Notre Dame

3:00-3:30: Tea Break


3:30-5:00

Staged Documents
Matt Steggle, Sheffield Hallam University
Sarah Wall-Randell, Wellesley College
Chair: Erika T. Lin, George Mason University


Saturday, March 19, 2016

9:00-10:30

Documents after Performance
Laura Estill, Texas A&M University
Andras Kisery, City College of New York, CUNY
Chair: Musa Gurnis, Washington University in St. Louis

10:30-10:45: Break


10:45-12:15

Playtexts as Documents
Claire M. L. Bourne, Virginia Commonwealth University
Zachary Lesser, University of Pennsylvania
Chair: Jennifer Wood, Shakespeare Quarterly

12:15-1:45: Lunch (on your own)


1:45-3:15

Lost Documents; Absent Documents; Forged Documents
Roslyn L. Knutson, University of Arkansas, Little Rock
David McInnis, University of Melbourne
Chair: Anston Bosman, Amherst College

3:15-4:00: Tea Break


4:00-5:15:

Wrap-up Session: Rethinking Shakespeare’s Theatrical Documents

Comments:

Peter Holland, University of Notre Dame
Paul Werstine, King's University College at Western Canada


5:15-7:00

Closing Reception