References are available from past participants.
Alan Dessen will teach the text of Hamlet , Sarah Ream will help teachers think further on how to make the classroom a stage, and Rex McGuinn will explore issues of film in the classroom. Teachers will also have the opportunity to share their own approaches. We invite scholars and performers of 17th-Century music, theater, and dance to participate in two days of activity and conversation about the historical meanings and contemporary resonances of these forms. The conference aims at dialogue between historians seeking to establish the cultural significance of 17th-Century English performance forms and practitioners engaged in reconstructing historical performance technique. Uniquely, the conference agenda includes performances, workshops, and paper sessions open to all participants.