Analyzing Shakespearean Biofiction
Dr Edel Semple (bottom right, above)\xa0from University College in Cork, Ireland, and Dr. Ronan Hatfull (bottom left)\xa0from the University of Warwick convened a seminar entitled \u201cShakespearean Biofiction on the Stage and Screen\u201d for this year\u2019s annual conference of the Shakespeare Association of America, where\xa0we discussed the how and why of, among other things, we made William Shakespeare a character in William\xa0Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play (abridged).\xa0Edel and Ronan discuss how the seminar went and talk about the\xa0similarities between academic seminars and RSC performances; how incredible planning goes into making things casual and relaxed; what red leather pants really signifies (in both their American or British meaning); how adaptation is also a form of biofiction; shout-outs to all the contributors; layers of irony; what our version of Shakespeare might look like as played by teenagers; how the Shakespeare in Ben Elton\u2019s Upstart Crow is and isn\u2019t like Homer Simpson; climbing up on high horses; and, as always -- the importance of the craic! (Length 28:57)