The Merry Wives of Windsor: Video Introduction

Thank you to Philippa Kelly for introducing The Merry Wives of Windsor.

Philippa Kelly (Ph.D. Shakespeare) is Resident Dramaturg for the California Shakespeare Theater. She has published 11 books and 98 articles (presses include Halstead, Ashgate, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Michigan, Arden, Palgrave, Routledge, University of Western Australia Press, University of Sydney Press, Benjamin Press), her latest edited book, with Associate Editor Amrita Ramanan, being Diversity, Inclusion and Representation in Contemporary Dramaturgy: Case Studies From the Field, published by Routledge Press in April 2020. For her research, Philippa has been awarded many fellowships and scholarships, including a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship, a Rockefeller Fellowship, a Walter and Eliza Hall Scholarship, a Commonwealth Scholarship, and a Bly Award for Innovation in Dramaturgy from the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas. Philippa has also been awarded grants as team leader by the Walter and Elise Haas and from the California Arts Council, allowing her to create, teach, and lead artists in delivering innovative curriculum components across Oakland schools. She is also proud to lead a year-round community theater group entitled Berkeley Theater Explorations, the purpose of which is to make dramaturgy foundational to community theater appreciation—in other words, to make theater going an active practice rather than a passive form of consumption.

Many thanks to my friend Joey Bianco of Whim Wham for the animated video elements.

The Merry Wives of Windsor: Additional Resources

The Merry Wives of Windsor by Dan HainsworthHere are some resources to help guide your way into The Merry Wives of Windsor:

Thanks for Dan Hainsworth for letting us use his Shakespeare icons, as shown above right.

The Merry Wives of Windsor: From the Folger Archive

Enjoy these images of The Merry Wives of Windsor from the Folger Shakespeare Library. Find more here.

Mrs. Kendal as Mistress Ford in “The Merry Wives of Windsor” [by Shakespeare] [graphic] / Window & Grove.
[William H. Crane as Falstaff, in Shakespeare’s Merry wives of Windsor] [graphic] : And you may know by my size that I have a kind of alacrity in sinking, 1896 / Sarony.
[Sweet Anne Page] [graphic] / J. Bouvier.
Merry wives of Windsor [act III, scene 3] [graphic] / W.N. Gardiner, del et sc.
[Illustrations to Shakespeare – small rectangle series] [graphic] / [John Wright].
Les joyeuses commières de Windsor [graphic] / [Alexandre Bida]. Falstaff with a buck’s head (Act 5, scene 5; 19th century).
[The merry wives of Windsor at Regent’s Park, Mr. Greet as Falstaff and Miss Matthison as Mistress Ford] [graphic] / Chas. A. Buchel.
[Merry wives of Windsor, an illustration done for Herbert Beerbohm Tree’s coronation revival, featuring Ellen Terry as Mistress Page, Margaret Kendal as Mistress Ford, and Tree himself as Falstaff] [graphic] / Chas. A. Buchel, 1902.
[Merry wives of Windsor] [graphic] / C.A. Buchel.
Merry wives of Windsor at Her Majesty’s [Theatre] [graphic] / [C.?] Amat.
Merry wives of Windsor, a set of seven original drawings [graphic] / [Byam Shaw].
Merry wives of Windsor, a set of seven original drawings [graphic] / [Byam Shaw].
Merry wives of Windsor, a set of seven original drawings [graphic] / [Byam Shaw].
Merry wives of Windsor, a set of seven original drawings [graphic] / [Byam Shaw].
Merry wives of Windsor, a set of seven original drawings [graphic] / [Byam Shaw].
Merry wives of Windsor, a set of seven original drawings [graphic] / [Byam Shaw].
Merry wives of Windsor, a set of seven original drawings [graphic] / [Byam Shaw].

Henry IV Part 1: Video Introduction

Thank you to Angus Vail for introducing Henry IV Part 1.

Angus Vail is an entertainment attorney and has managed the business office for the band KISS for 25 years. He has looked after legal and money matters for bands since the late 1980’s, including INXS and 3 Doors Down. 

He is also an avid Shakespeare fan, and is currently working on building The Container Globe: a reimagined modern version of Shakespeare’s 1599 Globe constructed from repurposed and modified  shipping containers: www.thecontainerglobe.com.

To see Angus’ TEDx talk on the Container Globe, click here.

Many thanks to my friend Joey Bianco of Whim Wham for the animated video elements.

Henry IV Part 1: Additional Resources

Henry IV Part 1 by Dan HainsworthHere are some resources to help guide your way into Henry IV Part 1:

Thanks for Dan Hainsworth for letting us use his Shakespeare icons, as shown above right.

Henry IV Part 1: From the Folger Archive

Enjoy these images of Henry IV Part 1 from the Folger Shakespeare Library. Find more here.

Falstaff [graphic] / Liebig Company’s Fleisch-Extract.
John Jack as Sir John Falstaff [in Shakespeare’s King Henry IV pt. 1] [graphic] / Sarony.
[King Henry IV, part 1, twelve small illustrations mounted on one mat] [graphic] / [Daniel Nicolaus Chodowiecki].
[Falstaff in four different poses] [graphic] / Geo. Cruikshank.
[King Henry IV, pt. 1, II, 4, a sketch of Falstaff in the upper right-hand corner with a quotation on the left side:] “A plague of all cowards … I am a rogue if I have drunk today” [graphic] / J. Saunders.
Mr. J. Kemble as Hotspur [in Shakespeare’s King Henry IV, pt. 1] [graphic].
King Henry IV, pt. 1, II, 4, [Falstaff enacting the part of the king] [graphic] / [Johann Heinrich Ramberg].
[King Henry IV, portrait of Bardolph] [graphic] / [John Hamilton Mortimer].
[King Henry IV, pt. 1, Haymarket Theatre, May 16, 1896, Mr. Tree as Falstaff, Mr. Waller as Hotspur] [graphic] / J. Jellicoe.
Sir John Falstaff & Bardolph [King Henry IV, pt. 1] [graphic] / George Cruikshank.
Henderson as Falstaff [graphic] / [Victor Moblard].
Henry IV, part 1, a set of seven original drawings [graphic] / [Byam Shaw].
Henry IV, part 1, a set of seven original drawings [graphic] / [Byam Shaw].
Henry IV, part 1, a set of seven original drawings [graphic] / [Byam Shaw].
Henry IV, part 1, a set of seven original drawings [graphic] / [Byam Shaw].
Henry IV, part 1, a set of seven original drawings [graphic] / [Byam Shaw].
Henry IV, part 1, a set of seven original drawings [graphic] / [Byam Shaw].
Henry IV, part 1, a set of seven original drawings [graphic] / [Byam Shaw].

Measure for Measure: Video Introduction

Thank you to Molly Beth Seremet for returning to introduce Measure for Measure.

Molly Beth Seremet is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Mary Baldwin University, where she also serves as the Assistant Director of the Shakespeare and Performance Graduate Program. She is a devised theatremaker, dramaturg and director. Her research circulates around performing objects, object-oriented feminisms, and cyborg theatre and her writing has been published in Shakespeare BulletinEarly Modern Culture, Platform Journal of Theatre and Performing ArtsPraxis Magazine, and in several edited collections. 

Many thanks to my friend Joey Bianco of Whim Wham for the animated video elements.

Measure for Measure: Additional Resources

Measure for Measure by Dan HainsworthHere are some resources to help guide your way into Measure for Measure:

Thanks for Dan Hainsworth for letting us use his Shakespeare icons, as shown above right.

Measure for Measure: From the Folger Archive

Enjoy these images of Measure for Measure from the Folger Shakespeare Library. Find more here.

The graphic gallery of Shakespeare’s heroines … Isabella (1896).
Isabella pleading to Angelo (Act 2, scene 2; 1793)
[Measure for measure, IV, I] [graphic] / C. Buchel.
Measure for measure. Hear me, Isabel, said the agonized Claudio [graphic] / Louis Rhead.
Measure for measure, a set of seven original drawings [graphic] / [Byam Shaw].
Measure for measure, a set of seven original drawings [graphic] / [Byam Shaw].
Measure for measure, a set of seven original drawings [graphic] / [Byam Shaw].
Measure for measure, a set of seven original drawings [graphic] / [Byam Shaw].
Measure for measure, a set of seven original drawings [graphic] / [Byam Shaw].
Measure for measure, a set of seven original drawings [graphic] / [Byam Shaw].
Measure for measure, a set of seven original drawings [graphic] / [Byam Shaw].

All’s Well that Ends Well: Video Introduction

Thank you to Emma Smith for returning to introduce to All’s Well that Ends Well.

Emma Smith is Professor of Shakespeare Studies at the University of Oxford. Her podcast lectures “Approaching Shakespeare”—including on All’s Well that Ends Well—are available at podcasts.ox.ac.uk. Her most recent book is This Is Shakespeare, now out in the U.S. and in paperback in the U.K.

Many thanks to my friend Joey Bianco of Whim Wham for the animated video elements.