Elysium Theatre Company & Durham University present
a round table discussion and Q&A:
OTHELLO & SHAKESPEARE’S TRAGIC VISION
7pm-8.30pm Friday 18th October, the Assembly Rooms Theatre, Durham.
Pay what you can.
Shakespeare, Othello, war, race, gender and Shakespeare tragic vision will all be discussed by a panel of experts from a wide range of backgrounds, followed by questions taken from the floor.
Hosted by Simon James, Professor of English at Durham University the panel includes:
Dr Pauline Kiernan, leading Shakespeare scholar, writer and author of Shakespeare’s Theory Of Drama, Staging Shakespeare and Filthy Shakespeare.
Jake Murray, artistic director of Elysium Theatre Company & director of ‘Othello’.
Dr Brian Powers, ex-serviceman, Vann Fellow in Christianity and the Armed Forced and Executive Director of the International Centre for Moral Injury.
Dr Elizabeth Swann, Assistant Professor In Early Modern Literary Studies at Durham University
PART OF THE DURHAM SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL 2024