Year of Shakespeare: London Workshop – Introduction

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This post is part of Year of Shakespeare, a project documenting the World Shakespeare Festival, the greatest celebration of Shakespeare the world has ever seen.

 

On 12 June twenty-five academics, theatre practitioners, digital curators, and museums specialists gathered in London to discuss the Globe to Globe and World Shakespeare Festivals so far. We live tweeted ideas from the discussions throughout the day and also created audio podcasts of each session. Below are the tweets from the introduction – we’ll be posting the tweets and podcasts from the four main sessions over the next few days.

 

To read more about the performances and events that are a part of the World Shakespeare Festival, visit Year of Shakespeare.

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Author:Erin Sullivan

Erin is Lecturer and Fellow at the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, and organizer of www.yearofshakespeare.com, an interactive, digital project documenting the progress of the 2012 World Shakespeare Festival. Follow Erin and the work of the Shakespeare Institute on Twitter @ShakesInstitute.

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