SoS #52 | Eric Rasmussen: First Folio Shakespeare

08/12/23 • 60 min

This is a talk with Eric Rasmussen of the University of Nevada, Reno, about his work in locating and cataloguing full descriptions of over 200 copies of the Shakespearean First Folio, the large book that made Shakespeare, Shakespeare. This year is the 400th anniversary of the publication of this edition, entitled Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies and published in 1623.

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SoS #51 | Heidi Craig: Drama during the English Civil Wars

This is a talk with Heidi Craig of the University of Toronto about her recent book on drama during the English Civil War period:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:00 - Drama during the English Civil Wars

00:05:46 - Old drama/new drama, when Shakespeare wasn’t first

00:08:45 - Periodization of drama

00:13:10 - Secret or underground performance

00:17:01 - Plays becoming literary and commercial products

00:21:50 - The effort to kill off drama and theatre and fun

00:27:28 - Elevating/ destroying drama politics/ pandemic

00:33:12 - Historic preservation and the digital age

00:36:45 - Early Modern Dramatic Paratexts (EMDP)

00:42:18 - Linked Early Modern Drama Online (LEMDO)

00:51:00 - The value of preservation

00:52:20 - The Last Age and Old Plays

00:56:26 - The value of the archive, Folger et al.

00:58:46 - Heidi’s current position/ the scholarly community

01:05:00 - Upcoming projects/ rags and paper

01:11:10 - Closing remarks

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Speaking of Shakespeare - SoS #52 | Eric Rasmussen: First Folio Shakespeare

Transcript

This is speaking of Shakespeare conversations about things Shakespearean I'm Thomas Dabbs broadcasting from Aoyama University in central Tokyo if you are joining us on YouTube you should know that this program is also available on your favorite podcast platform this talk is with Eric Rasmussen of the University of Nevada Reno Eric is a well-known critic and editor and perhaps best known for his work on finding and cataloging full descriptions of over 200 copies of Shakespeare's first folio we