'Editing Shakespeare for Performance: Acting Editions Old and New' by Dr Abigail Rokison-Woodall (2003)
Abigail Rokison-Woodall has recently become one of the general editors of a new series of Performance Editions of Shakespeare for The Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare. In this lecture she will discuss the challenges of editing for performance, charting the history of the ‘Acting Edition’ from the end of the 17th century to the present day, and drawing on research about rehearsal room practice, existing scholarly editions of Shakespeare and actors’ interactions with the edited text.
Date: Thursday 23 February 2017
Time: Lecture 5.45pm-7.00pm (open to everyone) | Dinner in Hall 7.30pm (TH members only + guest)
Location: Trinity Hall, GSR
Cost: free | booking required
The Aula Bar will be open prior to and after the Lecture should you wish to purchase any refreshments. There will also be an exhibition in the Old Library "Women in Special Collections of Trinity Hall" which you are welcome to visit between 4pm-5pm. No booking is required.
Booking: The Lecture is free to all those who would like to come along and bookings will be taken on a first come, first served basis until we reach capacity. Alumni are welcome to bring guests and the Lecture is open to members of the public. To book a place online, please complete the online form below or email alumnioffice@trinhall.cam.ac.uk or download a booking form. If you need to cancel your place at the Lecture, please let us know in case there is a waiting list of people wanting to attend.
Dining in Hall: Booking to dine after the lecture has now closed.
Biography: Abigail began her career as a professional actor, training at LAMDA. She completed her PhD at Trinity Hall, Cambridge University in 2006 after which she became a lecturer in Drama and English in the Education Faculty in Cambridge. In January 2013 she became Lecturer in Shakespeare and Theatre at the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham. Abigail has written a number of journal articles and chapters on Shakespeare and other drama. Her first monograph, Shakespearean Verse Speaking, was published in 2010 by Cambridge University Press, and won the inaugural Shakespeare’s Globe first book award. Her second book – Shakespeare for Young People: Productions, Versions and Adaptations – was published by Bloomsbury Arden in 2013. Abigail has recently completed another book for Bloomsbury Arden entitled Shakespeare in the Theatre: Nicholas Hytner. She is the co-general editor with Michael Dobson and Simon Russell Beale of a new series of Arden Performance Editions of Shakespeare’s plays for which she is editing A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Hamlet.