Friday 14 September, 11am - 4pm: Lectures at the Wallace Collection
5.30pm - 6.00pm: Admission to Shakespeare: Staging the World exhibition at the British Museum
Elizabethan London was a dangerous place, one in which duelling – though technically illegal - became commonplace and a whole training community developed to service this new fashion. This study day, organised in collaboration with the British Museum, will explore this violent world, examining the duelling sub-culture, the role of fencing masters and fight manuals and how the playhouse reflected all of these in the theatre of the day.
Booking essential on 020 7563 9527 or booking@wallacecollection.org
Programme*
11.00am: Registration, tea & coffee
11.25am: Welcome
Anne Fay, Head of Education, Wallace Collection
11.30am: Shakespeare’s London
Dora Thornton, Curator, ‘Shakespeare: Staging the World’, British Museum
12.20pm: The Rapier in Shakespeare’s England: Its Design and Morality
Tobias Capwell, Curator of Arms and Armour, Wallace Collection
1.10pm: Lunch (not provided)
2.10pm: George Silver and the Paradoxes of Defence
Joshua Pendragon, Guest Assistant Curator, The Noble Art of the Sword
3.00pm: Tea & coffee
3.20pm: Swashbuckling Shakespeare
Alison de Burgh, Fight Director
4.10pm: Close
From 5.30pm: Timed admission to Shakespeare: Staging the World at the British Museum. Participants must make their own way to the British Museum
* This programme may be subject to change