Posted on May 10, 2013 by rosbarber
If the distinguished contributors to Shakespeare Beyond Doubt hope their book will place the traditional author of Shakespeare’s canon where the title claims and settle the Shakespeare authorship question for once and for all, they are likely to be disappointed. In the hands of twenty-one eminent Shakespeare scholars, the case for William Shakespeare of Stratford […]
Read More »
Posted on April 29, 2013 by rosbarber
‘Proving Shakespeare’ Webinar, Friday 26 April 2013, 6.30-7.30 BST. Recorded in Stratford-upon-Avon by Misfits Inc for the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Sponsored by Cambridge University Press. Speakers: Professor Stanley Wells CBE, Dr Paul Edmondson, Dr Ros Barber Also present: Melissa Leon and AJ Leon of Misfits Inc. For a printable/downloadable PDF of this transcript, click here […]
Read More »
Posted on April 17, 2013 by rosbarber
This month sees the publication of Shakespeare Beyond Doubt (Cambridge University Press), edited by Professor Stanley Wells and Dr Paul Edmondson of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, the second book published by an academic press to address the Shakespeare authorship question. The first was Diana Price’s Shakespeare’s Unorthodox Biography (Greenwood Press, 2001), recently re-published in […]
Read More »
Posted on March 13, 2013 by rosbarber
On the afternoon of Friday 26th April I’ll be appearing at the Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival alongside Professor Stanley Wells and Dr Paul Edmondson of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust to discuss the works and lives of Shakespeare and Marlowe. Those of you thinking this might turn into a bun flight will be happy to know tea […]
Read More »
Posted on June 22, 2012 by rosbarber
The Marlowe Papers – London reading On Sunday Sept 30th, Ros Barber will read from and talk about The Marlowe Papers. The event will be held in the wonderful historic setting of the excavated footings of the original Rose Theatre, not far from The Globe on the south bank of the Thames. Ros will read from […]
Read More »
Posted on June 21, 2012 by rosbarber
Conference: Other Voices Other Times Title of Paper: Resurrecting Marlowe Abstract: The Marlowe Papers (Sceptre, 2012) is the fictional autobiography of sixteenth century playwright Christopher Marlowe and is a novel written entirely in blank verse. In this presentation I will share the processes that led to its construction over a four year period and which […]
Read More »
Posted on April 29, 2012 by rosbarber
On 30 May 1593, celebrated young playwright Christopher Marlowe was killed in a tavern brawl in London… or did he re-invent himself as one William Shakespeare? Award-winning poet Ros Barber discusses her enthralling and hugely acclaimed new verse novel The Marlowe Papers with Shakespearean scholar Bill Leahy and writer Will Self. When: Tue 29 May […]
Read More »
Posted on November 14, 2011 by rosbarber
The photo? I want to draw you in against your better nature. Even though you fundamentally disagree with where I’m coming from, or can’t for the life of you understand why I’m spending my time on this rubbish. Because I appreciate most of my friends, and the visitors to this website, are orthodox in […]
Read More »
Posted on September 19, 2011 by rosbarber
Saturday 1st October Forest Row Festival Venue: Garden Room, Community Centre Time: 6-7pm Cost: £3/£2.50 At this event, Ros will be giving a sneak preview of ‘The Marlowe Papers’, a fictional autobiography of the 16th century playwright Christopher Marlowe, due to be published by Sceptre in 2012. As the Forest Row Festival states, “This promises […]
Read More »
Posted on July 28, 2011 by rosbarber
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvtwRgwmlIM During the fifty years from its writing to the closure of the theatres in 1642, there was no play more popular than Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus. No Shakespeare play could compete with it. No play of the period was more often revived, or proved more consistent box office. This season’s spectacular production of Doctor […]
Read More »
Posted on June 10, 2011 by rosbarber
I’ve been meaning to write this post ever since I passed my DPhil viva (oral examination, for those of you not familiar with academic lingo) three and a bit weeks ago. But maybe it’s okay that it’s taken me ages to get round to it. Since I became a Proper Academic* (*there are provisos here) […]
Read More »
Posted on January 13, 2011 by rosbarber
After six months of stalling, I have finally gone public with the short interview I did on my PhD research. It was posted today on Carlo Dinota’s Marlowe Shakespeare Connection, and is now publicly listed on YouTube. I find the YouTube thing a little scary. I’ve seen YouTube comments. A lot of those people are […]
Read More »
