Shakespeare the Irishman

Due to Trinity Ball preparations, access to the Long Room Hub will be via Nassau Street gate, as Front Gate will be closed. As you come through that entrance, out onto the Arts Block ramp, you will see the Hub building on your lefthand side. A symposium celebrating the 400th anniversary of the 'First Folio', organised by the School of English in conjunction with Trinity College Library and the Trinity Long Room Hub. The symposium is hosted by Prof Andy Murphy of Trinity's School of English and it will feature papers from Neil Rhodes of the University of St Andrews in the UK, and from Mark Burnett, theEmer McHugh and Molly Quinn-Leitch (Queens University Belfast); Patrick Lonergan and David O'Shaughnessy (University of Galway); Stephen O'Neill (NUI Maynooth); Jason McElligott (Marsh's Library) and Marc Caball (University College Dublin). The event is open to the public and is free to attend, but registration is required. Please register for the symposium here. The symposium is part of a week-long series of events at Trinity celebrating the four hundredth anniversary of the publication of the Shakespeare First Folio, including an exhibition in the Long Room of the Old Library, an online exhibition, and a public lecture by Prof Andy Murphy on the history and significance of the First Folio and of Trinity's own copy of the volume on Wednesday 12th April. Attendance at the lecture is open to the public free of charge, but registration is required. Please register for the talk here. Please indicate if you have any access requirements, such as ISL/English interpreting, so that we can facilitate you in attending this event. Contact: Andrew.Murphy@tcd.ie Symposium Program:
9:00-9:15 Introduction & welcome – Andy Murphy 9:15-10:00 Stephen O’Neill (Maynooth): ‘”This earth shall have feeling": Looking for (Irish) Roots in Shakespeare's Richard II’ 10:00-10:45 David O’Shaughnessy (Galway): ‘Shakespeare and Irish Patriotism: Thomas Sheridan’s Coriolanus (1752)’ 10:45-11:00 Coffee Break 11:00-11:45 Marc Caball (UCD) & Jason McElligott (Marsh’s Library): ‘Tralee, 1756: Shakespeare on the Atlantic Edge’ 11:45-12:30 Molly Quinn-Leitch (Queen’s Belfast): ‘The Presence of Shakespeare Material Traces in Victorian Belfast (1837-1901)’ 12:30-1:30 Lunch 1:30-2:15 Neil Rhodes (St Andrews): ‘Shakespeare and Yeats’ 2:15-3:00 Patrick Lonergan (Galway): ‘Hamlet the Irishman’ 3:00-3:15 Coffee Break 3:15-4:00 Emer McHugh (Queen’s Belfast): ‘Siobhán McKenna’s “Experimental Version” of Hamlet, or, Some Reflections on Writing About Irish Shakespeare Performance’ 4:00-4:45 Mark Thornton Burnett (Queen’s Belfast): ‘Ireland's Shakespeare: Cinematic Histories/Social Justice’ 4:45-5:00 wrap up