{"id":360,"date":"2016-10-19T10:09:29","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T10:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/englishresearch\/?p=360"},"modified":"2016-10-19T10:28:30","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T10:28:30","slug":"shakespeare-kent-and-early-modern-drama-conference-on-9th-and-10th-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/englishresearch\/2016\/10\/19\/shakespeare-kent-and-early-modern-drama-conference-on-9th-and-10th-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakespeare, Kent and Early Modern Drama Conference on 9th and 10th November at the University of Kent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marking the quadricentennial anniversary of Shakespeare&#8217;s death, this gathering celebrates the many connections found with the historic county of Kent in his works.<\/p>\n<p>Connections to Kent are abundant in Shakespeare&#8217;s works. the Earl of Kent, banished yet still loyal to his King, is one of the most important characters in <em>King Lear<\/em>; Jack Cade, Kent-born and raised, launches his rebellion from the county in <em>2 Henry VI<\/em>, where the commons are &#8216;up in arms&#8217;; a wealthy franklin from the area between the North and South Downs, prone to be the victim of highwaymen, is discussed <em>1 Henry IV<\/em>; the Bastard character in <em>King John<\/em> reports that all of Kent but Dover Castle has surrendered to the invading French. Moreover, Shakespeare&#8217;s plays were performed on tour in Kent during his lifetime, while the first ever buyer of his <em>Comedies, Histories, &amp; Tragedies<\/em> was a Kentish man, Edward Dering, who purchased two copies on 5 December 1623.<\/p>\n<p>But Kent also has a wealth of wider connections to early modern drama. Canterbury is the hometown of John Lyly, Shakespeare\u2019s predecessor as a leading dramatist in London, and Stephen Gosson, who first acted in stage plays before gaining notoriety as an anti-theatricalist. However, perhaps the most important connection to Kent is with the shadowy figure of Christopher Marlowe, who was born in Canterbury and a student of The King\u2019s School within the city walls.<\/p>\n<p>Topics for discussion include: locality and regionality; the cultural and literary resonance of Kent as location; authorship and attribution; the works of Marlowe, Lyly and Gosson; new directions for future research.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers include:<\/p>\n<p>Terri Bourus, Gabriel Egan, James Gibson, Brett Greatley-Hirsch, Andy Kesson, Una McIlvenna, Lucy Munro, Michael Neill and Leah Scragg, and there will be a plenary lecture by Gary Taylor on the Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/english\/staff\/loughnane.html\">Rory Loughnane<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/english\/staff\/richardson.html\">Catherine Richardson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"site-content\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<article id=\"post-357\" class=\"post-357 event type-event status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-9\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marking the quadricentennial anniversary of Shakespeare&#8217;s death, this gathering celebrates the many connections found with the historic county of Kent in his works. 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