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Lunchtime Talk - Notorious kings and Yorkshire tragedies
Lifting the lid on some of the objects in the For All Time: Shakespeare in Yorkshire exhibition, and drawing on his PhD research into the story of Edward II, Kit Heyam will reveal how English history was used - and abused - by writers in Shakespeare's era. How did Shakespeare's Wars of the Roses plays walk the difficult line between teaching compelling political lessons and dangerously offending the Tudors? How did people on opposite sides of the English Civil War and the 1680s Exc
1 - 2pm. Free but please book your place in advance online.
Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery, Parkinson Building, University of Leeds, West Yorkshire LS2 9JT
Fri 30 Sep 2016
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