Time for Shakespeare, Thursday 18 August 7pm

Thursday 18 August, 7pm

Time for Shakespeare

Literally and figuratively, what was time for Shakespeare?
When the Prologue to Romeo and Juliet announces that the performance will last two hours, what does Shakespeare mean?
Professor Tiffany Stern (English, Oxford University) will explore hourglasses, sundials and mechanical clocks to consider the options for measuring time that were visible or audible in the early modern playhouse. Questioning what hours, minutes and seconds might have meant to a playwright in the 1500s, Professor Stern examines how did the art of describing time shaped Shakespeare’s writing.

Doors open at 6.30pm.

Free booking available at www.bit.ly/mhs-events.