"A Play Towards": Shakespeare from Page to Stage
Lecture on Monday 6th September 2027 at 2:15PM
Lecturer: Nick Hutchison
Venue: Larruperz Centre
A lively and interactive lecture/workshop looking at how Shakespeare's company produced the plays in the 16/17 century. Highlighting the differences between early modern and modern theatre practise, including repertoire constraints on rehearsal, cue scripts, embedded stage direction, visible audience, universal lighting, and touching on textual clues. this workshop will change the way you look at Shakespeare’s texts for ever.
Nick Hutchison is a theatre director, actor and lecturer. He has directed at Shakespeare's Globe, the Sam Wanamaker Theatre, Wilton's Music Hall, St James's Theatre, Cheltenham Everyman, the Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall, Folger Theatre in DC, Tmu- na Theatre in Tel Aviv, the McCoy Theater in Memphis and the American Shakespeare Center in Virginia.
He is an Associate Drama Tutor at RADA, LAMDA and Shakespeare's Globe, and has directed, lectured, and taught for the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, the Dublin Lir Academy, BADA, Mountview, Rhodes College, Syracuse, Notre Dame, Case Western Reserve University and the NYU.
As an actor he worked with the RSC, the National Theatre, the Globe Theatre, the BBC and ITV, and appeared in Miss Potter, 102 Dalmatians, and About A Boy.
He lectures worldwide on Shakespeare, is a regular contributor to the National Symposium on Classical Education in Phoenix, Arizona, he had a paper published in Shakespeare Bulletin in 2014, and contributed to How and Why We Teach Shakespeare (Routledge) and Why The Theatre? ( Routledge).