'Shine forth, thou star of poets': A Lecture on Shakespeare and Other Writers
Fri 25 Jul
'Shine forth, thou star of poets': A Lecture on Shakespeare and Other Writers
Shakespeare's great theatrical rival, and friend, Ben Jonson, whose portrait appears in the HOTA Gallery exhibition Writers Revealed, hailed Shakespeare as a ‘star of poets’, one whose creative example could encourage and instruct, or, where necessary, censure the works of writers who came after him. So how has Shakespeare's achievement been understood by other writers, both during his lifetime and since his death? As a way of gauging what other significant authors have found inspiring and distinctive about Shakespeare's oeuvre, this talk will make specific reference to his work Macbeth, which is showing at HOTA on Fri 25 Jul.
This program is inspired by Writers Revealed: Treasures from The British Library and the National Portrait Gallery, London, now showing at HOTA Gallery.
If Writers Revealed exhibition ticket is bought in conjunction with lecture ticket, the exhibition ticket is valid for the day of the lecture. Visitors are advised to see the exhibition before the lecture to allow adequate time for viewing. Gallery hours are 10am – 4pm.
Artwork: William Shakespeare, associated with John Taylor, oil on canvas, feigned oval, circa 1610 © National Portrait Gallery, London
Lecture and Writers Revealed exhibition ticket $35
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#Professor Peter Holbrook
Peter Holbrook is currently Professor of Literature at the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences at the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne, and Honorary Research Professor at the University of Queensland. He is a past Chair of the International Shakespeare Association, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare's birthplace, and served on the Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts. He has taught, and published widely on, Shakespeare and related authors for many years. Peter believes that contemporary societies must do more to preserve the literature of the past as a living and necessary tradition.
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