Speaking of Shakespeare
Conversations about things Shakespearean, including new developments in Shakespeare studies and Shakespearean performance and education across the globe. These talks are also available on YouTube under the search term, 'Speaking of Shakespeare'. This series is made possible by institutional support from Aoyama Gakuin University (AGU) in central Tokyo and is also supported by a generous grant from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).
Speaking of Shakespeare
SoS # 64 | Tanya Pollard: Ben Jonson and Shakespeare's Tragic Women
This is a talk with Tanya Pollard of Brooklyn College, City University of New York about Ben Jonson and about her other work on women in Shakespeare and early modern drama.
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:34 - Ben Jonson’s ‘The Alchemist’.
00:15:12 - Greek tragic women, drama, research methods
00:40:15 - Work with theaters in New York City
00:52:27 - What brought Tanya to NYC, CUNY
00:57:27 - Tanya’s aerial work, the silks
01:08:17 - Closing remarks