SoS #54 | Jean-Christophe Mayer: Shakespeare's Early Readers

Speaking of Shakespeare

Content provided by Thomas Dabbs. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Thomas Dabbs or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.

7M ago 1:37:22

MP3•Episode home

Thomas Dabbs speaks with Jean-Christophe Mayer about his recent book, Shakespeare’s Early Readers and about his work with the French National Center for Scientific Research and his other research and administrative activities.
00:00:00 - Introduction

00:01:30 - CNRS and IRCL: Roles in research

00:08:58 - Human beings in history: materialism and theory

00:21:48 - Trans-disciplinary research

00:26:00 - Shakespeare in Japan

00:27:24 - Montpellier

00:28:48 - First Folio in Japan: Meisei, Used Books

00:42:32 - Early readers: Finding yourself in a book

00:51:03 - Elizabeth Montague and Voltaire

00:57:10 - Popular theatre: Shakespeare, Molière

01:09:07 - The early modern print industry

01;14:35 - Reception theory and appropriation

01:18:04 - The Tempest: Here and There

01:21:34 - English drama and the French

01:27:25 - Cahiers Élisabéthains and literary journals

01:35:00 - Closing remarks

60 episodes

#Arts #Thomas Dabbs #Shakespeare #Shakespearean #Theatre History #Bible #Theatre #Renaissance #Early Modern Drama #Hamlet #Romeo And Juliet #Sonnets #Macbeth #King Lear #Midsummer Nights Dream