Shakespeare: Here and Elsewhere

Saturday 14th May, 2.00 pm

Workshop: Shakespeare in modern popular culture, Professor Mark Thornton Burnett MRIA at dlrLexicon

This event is suitable for adults and students aged 16 years plus

€5.00 full price/ €3.00 concession

A workshop on Shakespeare in modern popular culture with prizes!

Professor Burnett will first give a 20 minute talk on the topic of Shakespeare, Film, Northern Ireland. Burnett will discuss the significance of two recent film adaptations of Shakespeares plays; Hamlet (2005) in which Derry-Londonderry features as a location and Mickey B/Macbeth (2006) which was filmed in MHP Maghaberry and in which prisoners were cast. He will also consider the HBO series, Game of Thrones, which was made and set in Northern Ireland, as a hyper-adaptation of Shakespeare that has provided an alternative set of Northern Irish geographies in the popular consciousness.

The second part of this event Shakespeare and World Cinema will address Shakespeares presence in non-Anglophone film products. The audience will be invited to participate in an interactive exercise to identify from film clips; play, period, language and country.

Professor Mark Thornton Burnett MRIA, Queens University Belfast, is an academic expert on Shakespeare in film and modern popular culture.

This event is presented by the Royal Irish Academys (RIA) Committee for the Study of Languages, Literature, Culture and Communication. It is part of the Academys contribution to events marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeares death, which will be taking place around the island of Ireland during 2016. The RIA will also be presenting a Discourse by the world expert on Shakespeare, Sir Jonathan Bate, on 27th October 2016 in Academy House, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2.

Prior booking fis essential.  Places may be booked via the Academy website.