The Shakespeare and Inclusivity project continues with a public lecture by UNC Charlotte Professor of English Kirk Melnikoff.
Shakespeare and Inclusivity: a semester long case-study of The Merchant of Venice is co-presented by the Department of Theatre and Shakespeare in Action, an initiative led by faculty in the UNC Charlotte Theatre and English departments that presents talks, presentations, and productions for both the campus population and the general public.
In his talk, Dr. Melnikoff will explore the challenges and opportunities that Shakespeare's middle comedy poses to performers. He will also survey some of the more important recent professional stagings of The Merchant of Venice, like Jonathan Miller's iconic show at London's National Theatre in 1970 and Darko Tresnjak's Theatre for a New Audience production in New York City in 2007.
Kirk Melnikoff specializes in Shakespeare Studies, Elizabethan Literature, and Shakespeare on Film. Recent publications include “Publishing Virginia (1608-1615): Specialization, Commissioning, Networks” The Oxford Handbook to the History of the Book in Early Modern England. Ed. Adam Smyth. Oxford UP, 2021; Contributing Editor, James IV, Routledge Anthology of Non-Shakespearean Drama, Ed. Jeremy Lopez. Routledge, 2020, 508-74; “Isabella Whitney amongst the Stalls of Richard Jones.” Women’s Labour and the History of the Book in Early Modern England. Ed. Valerie Wayne. Arden, 2020, 145-61; Elizabethan Publishing and the Makings of Literary Culture. University of Toronto Press, 2018; and Christopher Marlowe, Theatrical Commerce and the Book Trade (with Roslyn L. Knutson). Cambridge University Press, 2018.
This event is FREE.