Introduced by Professor Jonathan Bate FBA, University of Warwick

Monday 9 May 2011, 6.00pm
The UnderGlobe, Shakespeare's Globe, Bankside, London SE1 9DT
as part of the British Academy's 2011 Literature Week

What is an audience? When do individuals become a group? How do (or should) audiences behave? This arrangement of episodes from plays by Shakespeare and others explores the ways in which audiences respond, interpret, interact, interrupt – and occasionally disrupt – plays. Dr Elisabeth Dutton directs actors from Shakespeare’s Globe in a creative piece that will make you rethink the relationship between actors and spectators. These extracts from Shakespeare’s plays will be brought to life by Globe actors in the perfect setting of the UnderGlobe exhibition space.

Shakespeare Poetry Hour 2011

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