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All the World’s a Stage – Theatre and its histories in art history

Artwork not depicting the frame. A pink background with jagged pointed shapes in the foreground in blues, greys, yellows, ochres

 

Art history lecture series
Friday 30 September – Friday 21 October
10.15am - 12.15pm
£6 per lecture or £20 for the whole series ticket (includes tea/coffee and biscuits)
Enactment, the public display of theatre and makebelieve, have long been part of human social and religious interaction, fostering communal participation and understanding as well as different forms of interpretations and ways of seeing. Join us as we explore four distinctly different phases of public display and storytelling through the art historian’s eye. Our journey starts with the enactments of medieval mystery plays, halts at the Italian Commedia dell’Arte and its importance particularly for the arts of Rococo Europe, reaching its apogee in exploring how William Hogarth and Richard Garrick immortalized the theatre. Our final session will address the use of art in the theatre of war. Please note that this lecture series runs in conjunction with the current exhibition at Abington Park Museum which until December 2022 charts the history of Northampton’s Masque theatre group.
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Soul and spirit: Medieval mystery plays
Friday 30 September
Speaker: Dr. Miriam Gill
Artwork: Henry Bird - The Visiting Moon

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The histories and artistic afterlives of the Commedia dell’Arte
Friday 7 October
Speaker: Dr. Miriam Gill
Artwork: Henry Bird - Study for the Muse of Comedy

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Immortal theatre: Hogarth, Garrick and making the world a stage
Friday 14 October
Speaker: Dr. Miriam Gill
Artwork: Nathaniel Dance - David Garrick as Richard III

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Hidden in plain sight – art in thethheatre of war
Friday 21 October
Speaker: Dr. Conny Bailey
Artwork: Francis Littna - Blue Composition

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