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Culture Night 16th September- Shakespeare talk with the School of English and the Boole Library

18 Aug 2016

For this year's Culture Night on Friday 16th September, UCC鈥檚 School of English and the Boole Library Special Collections invites you to discover the texts that inspired William Shakespeare鈥檚 greatest works. 

In a unique event, Dr Edel Semple, Lecturer in Shakespeare Studies, will deliver a public lecture on 鈥淪hakespeare鈥檚 Sources and the Boole Library鈥檚 Resources鈥� at 6pm in the Boole Library, Research Skills Room (level Q-1). This illustrated talk will explore Shakespeare鈥檚 use of his sources and offer an insight into book history using the Library鈥檚 rare, early printed books. A range of texts will be examined from the history book the Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland by Holinshed that Shakespeare consulted for Richard II and Henry V, to The Discovery of Witchcraft which influenced Macbeth, to John Lyly鈥檚 comedies that inspired Shakespeare鈥檚 romantic comedies. 

The talk is part of the British Council 鈥淪hakespeare Lives鈥� programme that commemorates the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare鈥檚 death this year. Visitors will also have the opportunity to tour the 鈥淐ervantes 鈥楶rince of Wits鈥� (1616-2016): Life, Work Legacy鈥� exhibition on its final night in the Boole Library.