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The historical and cultural context of music of the Renaissance at home, in court, in Shakespeare‘s theatre and beyond.
John Milton’s Comus - Interview with Prof. Deanne Williams
Musicians In Ordinary Podcast
16 minutes 28 seconds
3 years ago
John Milton’s Comus - Interview with Prof. Deanne Williams
Deanne Williams is professor in English at York University, a Fellow of the Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies and a member of the College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada. She was dramaturge for our production of Comus, has written extensively on girl performers in the Early Modern Period and dedicates a chapter to Milton’s character of The Lady in her book Shakespeare and the Performance of Girlhood published by Palgrave. In this episode she discusses what she learned about Milton, Comus, The Lady and the Brothers in preparing our performance.
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The historical and cultural context of music of the Renaissance at home, in court, in Shakespeare‘s theatre and beyond.