Shakespeare In and Out of Prison

doi:10.1017/9781108778510.013

Chapter 8 - Shakespeare In and Out of Prison

A Collaboration between the World Shakespeare Project and Shakespeare Central

from Part II - Reimagining Shakespeare with/in Universities

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 February 2023

Sheila T. Cavanagh and

Edited by

Claire Hansen and

Liam E. Semler: Affiliation:
University of Sydney
Claire Hansen: Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra
Jacqueline Manuel: Affiliation:
University of Sydney

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Summary

The World Shakespeare Project (WSP), directed by Sheila T. Cavanagh at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, and Shakespeare Central (SC), created and led by Steve Rowland in Seattle, Washington, collaborate together regularly. The WSP uses site visits and videoconferencing to link diverse students, teachers and arts practitioners in Shakespearean-based conversations and performance exercises across many geographic, socio-economic and other divides. SC seeks to facilitate Shakespearean pedagogy in order to further its tenets that ‘Shakespeare is for Everyone’ and that ‘Shakespeare Changes Lives.’ The WSP/SC partnership takes many forms, but this Shakespeare in Prison project continues to teach us about ways to integrate personal experiences with academic undertakings. Shared explorations of Shakespeare appear to increase learning for everyone involved.

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prison collaboration prisoner/undergraduate partnerships Shakespearean correspondence

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Type: Chapter
Information: Reimagining Shakespeare Education
Teaching and Learning through Collaboration
, pp. 127 - 138

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108778510.013 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2023

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