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Applications invited for the Position of Chair

The Board of the British Shakespeare Association is looking to appoint a new leadership team from September 2016 onwards. This is an exciting opportunity to lead the Board of the BSA during the year of Shakespeare’s quarter-centenary and help take... Read More...

Meet the King’s Troupe

The following is a guest post by Richard and Mary Coaten, whose BSA-sponsored production of As You Like it will be taking place in Stratford-upon-Avon this summer. For further details, contact marycoaten@hotmail.co.uk or visit their Facebook page. ‘Shakespeare without Borders’ – doing... Read More...

BSA Bulletin for June 2016

Registration for Hull 2016 The BSA’s 2016 conference, ‘Shakespearean Transformations: Death, Life, and Afterlives’, takes place 8-11 September 2016 at the University of Hull. Registration for the conference is now open. The early bird rate (before 1 July) is £180/£90... Read More...

‘Bardolph’s Box’ Blog – ‘It looked like TV but better’

This is a guest blog post from Nicola Pollard, a member of the touring Bardolph's Box production, sponsored by the BSA (http://www.uptheroadtheatre.co.uk/bardolphs-box/). Some might say there is no greater praise from a child for a performance in this day and age than... Read More...

‘[O]ur wits are so diversely coloured’: Thoughts on the 2016 Disability and Shakespearean Theatre Symposium at Glasgow University

By Jessi Parrot (@messijessijumps) In the public imagination, it would seem, disability and Shakespeare are not the most obvious pairing – that is, if the recent adaptation of the London tube map to feature all of Shakespeare’s characters in place of... Read More...

Sponsored Places at NATE 2016 for BSA Members

The British Shakespeare Association has decided to sponsor attendance by two teachers of English and/or Drama at the forthcoming NATE Annual Conference which is scheduled to take place in Stratford-upon-Avon (at the Holiday Inn Hotel) on Friday 24 and Saturday... Read More...

Applications Invited for the Positions of Treasurer and Membership Officer

The Board of the British Shakespeare Association is looking to appoint a new leadership team from September 2016 onwards, when the current Chair, the Treasurer and the Membership Officer will all stand down. This is an exciting opportunity to join... Read More...

Irish Renaissance Seminar Report

The Queen’s University Belfast meeting of the Irish Renaissance Seminar (7 May 2016), generously supported by the British Shakespeare Association, got off to a great start with the cutting of the Globe Theatre Cake, which was very much enjoyed by... Read More...

Call for Abstracts: Shakespeare in Higher Education in East and South East Asia

Members of the BSA may be interested by the following call for abstracts. Call for abstracts - Shakespeare in higher education in East and South East Asia This is a call for chapter abstracts for a Palgrave Pivot edited collection.... Read More...

BSA Bulletin for May 2016

Registration for Hull 2016 The BSA’s 2016 conference, ‘Shakespearean Transformations: Death, Life, and Afterlives’, takes place 8-11 September 2016 at the University of Hull. Registration for the conference will open next week. The early bird rate (before 1 July) is... Read More...
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