Henry Peacham, 'Silvius', from Minerva Britanna (1612)

Into the woods with Shakespeare

02 October 2017

reimagines the real forests that our greatest playwright evoked in his works.聽 探花直播final book of renowned scholar, Anne Barton,聽it explores the changeable and sometimes sinister presence of the forest in literature and culture.

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Tragedy.

Reinventing tragedy in the modern age

09 May 2012

Is tragedy the perfect dramatic form for our current predicament? Or has the classic idea of catharsis through viewing the suffering of others become much more problematic in an age of 24/7 news and the internet? An event at this year's Hay Festival will investigate.

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