All Outputs (5)

16. A Writers' Block Production (2012)
Exhibition / Performance

A 90 minute play based on research into the legal and social impact of conscription in the First World War

“The king has killed his heart”: the death of Falstaff in Henry V. (2010)
Journal Article

Even with the multitude of religious, political, social and
gendered readings of the character, critics have invariably (and understandably) tended to focus most often on the events leading up to and including the rejection scene in 2 Henry IV, and... Read More about “The king has killed his heart”: the death of Falstaff in Henry V..

Henry V and the performance of war (2008)
Book Chapter

The chapter serves to highlight an aspect of the play which is often overlooked in criticism: the importance of the performance of the siege of Harfleur as part of a narrative and image pattern which runs formally throughout the Folio text of Henry V... Read More about Henry V and the performance of war.

"For no other offence but proximity": Stuff happens to the Queen (2008)
Book Chapter

The emergent trend of depicting sitting politicians and heads of state in mainstream British drama and film is considered through a reading of David Hare's play, Stuff Happens (2006), and Stephen Frear's film, The Queen (2006). These are seen as cont... Read More about "For no other offence but proximity": Stuff happens to the Queen.

Wootton Bassett
Exhibition / Performance