The 1595 Vera Totius Hondius map

This performance-based event will explore how Shakespeare and his contemporaries depicted new, old, and imaginary worlds, exotic peoples and fellow-Europeans, voyages of discovery and travels of the mind. Rife with battles, treachery, greed, and romance – and with a cameo by our founder, Queen Elizabeth I herself – these scenes will feature some of the finest actors from across the University and will be introduced by Dr Brandi Adams, incoming Assistant Professor of English at Arizona State University, whose path-breaking research centres on the presentation of race on the Early Modern stage.


The performances will be directed by current Jesus DPhil student, Lucy Clarke, and Alumni Engagement Manager, Dr Peter Sutton, with textual editing by former Jesus DPhil student and now Head of Sixth Form, Dr Simon May (2010, English), and his quondam supervisor Professor Paulina Kewes. Our compère will be 2nd year English student and Co-President of the Herbert English Society, Kaitlin Horton-Samuel. We will also hear from alumna Clare Williams (2005, English), who along with Dr May, will share her thoughts on teaching Shakespearian drama and race in schools.

‘The Global Stage of Shakespeare and his Contemporaries’ will also herald the College’s new Shakespeare Access Project, which we hope to launch in Michaelmas 2021. There will be more information about this new initiative in this summer’s Jesus News. Later in the summer we shall also publish a set of innovative digital resources – maps, extracts, lesson plans, accessible overviews – aimed at schoolchildren and teachers. Those will be prepared by Dr May and current Jesus DPhil student, Felicity Brown (creator of the prize-winning app WillPlay).
 

Date: Thursday 17 June 2021

Time: 7:30 - 9:00PM BST

Location: Zoom. Joining instructions will be sent to registered attendees following the registration deadline on Tuesday 15 June.

Tickets: Available for all alumni, students, staff and friends of Jesus College; free of charge.

If multiple interested parties are watching from the same location, only one place needs to be reserved.

Online registration is now closed. For enquiries, please email events@jesus.ox.ac.uk