Charles Nicoll: Counterfeit Presentments: Potraits of Shakespeare and the Messages They Send

Synopsis

Podcast recorded from the Rose Theatre Birthday Lecture, by Charles Nicholl. Introduced by Professor Richard Wilson. Nicholl discusses ‘Counterfeit Presentments’ from Hamlet and surveys contemporary portraits to see how poets were presented, what kind of ‘masks’ they wore. Returning to Shakespeare, he poses the question about the original painting from which the famous Droeshout engraving was based on, before considering other portrayals like the Flower and Chandos portrait as well as the funeral bust. Nicholl ends with a revelation about the uncanny and mysterious phantom image found underneath Michael Drayton’s portrait.All the portraits discussed are hosted in the website.

Series

Kingston Shakespeare Seminar (Kiss)

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Audio

Notes

Accessed 10/2016.

Subjects

Art; Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); portraits

Online availability

URI

https://kingstonshakespeareseminar.wordpress.com/2016/04/22/charles-nicholl-counterfeit-presentments-portraits-of-shakespeare-and-the-messages-they-send-podcast/

Price

free

Delivery

Streamed/Download

Credits

Contributor

Charles Nicholl

Archive

Name

Backdoor Broadcasting Company

Email

rene@backdoorbroadcasting.net

Web

http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/ External site opens in new window

Phone

01865 240009

Address

57 Divinity Road
Oxford
OX4 1LH

Notes

Mobile audio webcasting service, which concentrates on recording academic research