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Past Seasons



2009–10
 
Pre-Performance Exhibition Tours
October 15, 2008–June 10, 2009
October 3, 2009
October 4, 2009
November 18, 2009
November 25, 2009
 
Perspectives on China: The Perpetual Discovery
November 10, 2009
 
Paul Collins
November 16, 2009
 
Derek Hirst to Lecture on “William Walwyn’s ‘Darling’: The Happy Life of an Ageing Former Radical”
November 19, 2009
 
Simon Reade: Dear Mr. Shakespeare
November 20, 2009
 
James Shapiro
April 16, 2010
 
Elizabethan Garden Tour
September 19, 2009
October 17, 2009
October 17, 2009
April 17, 2010
April 17, 2010
April 25–October 16, 2010
May 15, 2010
May 15, 2010
June 19, 2010
June 19, 2010
July 17, 2010
July 17, 2010
August 7, 2010
August 7, 2010
August 21, 2010
August 21, 2010
September 4, 2010
September 4, 2010
September 18, 2010
September 18, 2010
 
Shakespeare's Birthday Lecture 2010: Jonathan Bate
April 26, 2010
 
Discovering Hamlet
June 7, 2010
 
Stories from the Sea: Three Englishmen and an Island—Richard Hakluyt, Samuel Purchas, John Smith, and Bermuda
June 29, 2010
 
Stories from the Sea: At the Bottom of Shakespeare's Ocean
July 13, 2010
 
Stories from the Sea: Sea Dogs, Buccaneers, and Corsairs Piracy Then and Now
July 27, 2010
 
 
2008–09
 
Words on Will: Jess Winfield
October 27, 2008
 
Truth, Lies, and Videotape: Media Coverage of the 2008 Presidential Campaign in Review
November 18, 2008
 
Words on Will: Marjorie Garber
February 13, 2009
 
Words on Will: Germaine Greer
March 23, 2009
 
Words on Will: Marina Warner
April 9, 2009
 
Shakespeare Birthday Lecture: "Sensational Shakespeare"
April 13, 2009
 
 
2007–08
 
Words on Will: Bill Bryson
October 29, 2007
 
Words on Will: Jennifer Lee Carrell
January 25, 2008
 
Words on Will: Teller Talks
February 27, 2008
 
Words on Will: Shakespeare + Manga
March 31, 2008
 
Alan Stewart: "How Shakespeare Made History"
Annual Shakespeare's Birthday Lecture

April 21, 2008
 
 
2006–07
 
Words on Will: Samuel Crowl
February 5, 2007
 
Words on Will: Marjorie Garber
March 23, 2007
 
Words on Will: Mercedes Ellington
May 15, 2007
 
 
2005–06
 
Words on Will: Peter Ackroyd
November 21, 2005
 
Words on Will: James Conlon
January 30, 2006
 
Words on Will: Aliki
March 6, 2006
 
 


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