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24th September 2019
An Invitation from the Chair of the BSA Fellowship Committee: The British Shakespeare Association endows two Honorary Fellowships each year. This year, 2019, the Fellowship was given solely to Professor John Drakakis, for his outstanding work and lifetime’s achievement in... Read More...
21st June 2019
Issue 17 (Spring 2019) of Teaching Shakespeare is now available to download. Back issues are also available. Read More...17th June 2019
The agenda for the 2019 AGM, to be held Friday 19 July 2019, 17:30 to 18:30, in the Talesin Create Mall Room at Swansea University, is now available. The minutes of the 2018 AGM are also now available for consultation. Read More...17th June 2019
The Board of Trustees of the British Shakespeare Association wishes to appoint three new Trustees to take up positions on the Board in Autumn 2019. We are looking for members of the BSA who are willing to give of their... Read More...5th June 2019
It is with great pleasure that we announce that our new Honorary Fellow for 2019 is Emeritus Professor John Drakakis. John’s past and continuing contribution to the world of Shakespearean studies is immense – he rightly holds the highest status... Read More...20th November 2018
[caption id="attachment_2434" align="alignright" width="300"] William Blake, 'Oberon, Titania and Puck with Fairies Dancing' (c.1786). CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0 Tate.[/caption] The music composed for David Garrick’s great Shakespeare “Jubilee” of 1769, the most talked about cultural event of the British 18th century, is... Read More...18th November 2018
[caption id="attachment_2429" align="alignright" width="300"] Participants at the Performance and Media Committee consultation event, Actors Centre, London.[/caption] The British Shakespeare Association launched a new Performance and Media Committee with a consultation event on 13th October 2018. Members of the BSA were... Read More...13th November 2018
King's Lynn Shakespeare Festival Friday 26th to Sunday 28th April, 2019 St George’s Guildhall, King Street, King’s Lynn PE30 1HA BSA members may be interested to attend the first King’s Lynn Shakespeare Festival. Over three days in April 2019, the... Read More...25th October 2018
Working in partnership with Birmingham City Council, Professor Ewan Fernie has won a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to develop a big project which would revive (1) Birmingham’s world-significant Shakespeare collection and (2) the ‘trailblazing’ spirit of its original... Read More...25th September 2018
An Invitation from the Chair of the BSA Fellowship Committee: The British Shakespeare Association endows two Honorary Fellowships each year. This year, 2018, the Fellowship was given solely to Roger Harcourt – for his outstanding work and lifetime's achievement in... Read More...Copyright 2026. All Rights Reserved