Stars Down to Earth - Materializing Celebrity
- Synopsis
- Podcast. Shakespeare Anniversary Lecture delivered by Joseph Roach, Sterling Professor of Theater and English and Director of Theater at Yale University. Literary celebrity expands beyond the literary canon, inspiring fan cults that resemble those otherwise devoted to icons of popular culture. Standing above and apart in the scope of their fame, Shakespeare and Austen also claim pride of place in the number and ingenuity of the physical objects created to represent them. Now that these two stars are summoned by their first names to appear together at the Folger in the presence of the tchochkes collected in their memory, it’s time to ask what heavenly magic they have in common that makes so many admirers want to bring them down to earth.
- Series
- Shakespeare Anniversary Lecture
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Audio
- Recording date
- 4 Oct 2016
- Duration
- 42 mins
Credits
- Contributor
- Joseph Roach
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Subjects
- Drama; Media studies
- Keywords
- popular culture; Shakespeare & Company; celebrity
Online Availability
- Online URL
- http://www.folger.edu/shakespeare-anniversary-lecture-series
- Online price
- free
- Online format
- Streamed
Production Company
- Name
Folger Shakespeare Library
- reference@folger.edu
- Web
- http://www.folger.edu External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (202) 544 4600
- Fax
- (202) 544 4623
- Address
- 201 East Capitol Street, SE
Washington
DC 20003
USA
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Stars Down to Earth - Materializing Celebrity". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av77667 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)