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Conferences

The 2009 Gathering for all Authorship Hunter Gatherers:
Challenging Authority

Presented by The Shakespearean Authorship Trust, in collaboration with Brunel University, at Shakespeare's Globe on Sunday 15 November.

Readings, presentations and discussion of the lives and writings of some of the authors around Shakespeare who also challenge authority: Sir Francis Bacon, Christopher Marlowe, Lady Jane Lumley, Edward de Vere, Mary Sidney and an introduction to William Hastings.

Guest Readers
Mark Rylance & Friends - Tim Pigott-Smith*, Fiona Shaw*.
*Subject to availability on the day.
(We regret that Derek Jacobi and Vanessa Redgrave will be unable to participate in the conference due to filming commitments.)

Guest Speakers
Mrs. Frieda Barker, Charles Beauclerk & Mark Rylance, Robert Nield & Joan Robinson, Claire van Kampen, Robin Williams

Hosts
Mark Rylance and Dr. William Leahy

Date: Sunday 15 November
Times: 11:00 am - 6:00 pm (Coffee from 10.30am)
Venue: Shakespeare's Globe, Bankside, London SE1 9DT
Tickets: £35 (Tea and coffee included)
Booking: Booking opens 12 October.
Contact Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Box Office, 020 7401 9919.
Click here for the programme schedule in pdf format.

Past Conferences

The Shakespearean Authorship Trust held annual conferences at Shakespeare's Globe for three years. In 2003 the theme of the weekend was Richard II. In the following year the conference was based on Measure for Measure and the last conference focused on Collaboration. Speakers at the conferences included Michael Wood, Prof Dan Wright from Concordia University, and Robin Williams.

Shakespearean Authorship Trust Third Annual Conference July 2005.

The conference was held at the Globe on the 9th and 10th of July and was made up of interested members of the public and distinguished academics and experts in the field of Shakespeare authorship studies.

Download Mike Llewellyn's lecture on Collaboration
Download the full report by Sarah Dustagheer from the conference.

If you are interested in attending future conferences and wish to be placed on our mailing list, please contact us at info@shakespeareanauthorshiptrust.org.uk