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Dateline:
12th March, 2004
Shakespeare and Islam
The Globe is to hold a series of lectures and readings illustrating
the attitudes of Shakespeare and his contemporaries towards Islam this
coming week to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Othello.
Lectures
- Pass the Kleenex: The Handkerchief in the Islamic Middle East: a
talk by Dr Patricia Baker on the symbolism of the handkerchief (17th
March)
- Terrible Turks?: Fashion and Fantasy in English Drama: Dr Mark Hutchings
looks at the fascination Turkey and the Ottoman Empire had for the
English (24th March)
Readings
- Tamburlaine by Christopher Marlowe: Part I on 14th March,
Part II on 28th.
- The Battle of Alcazar by George Peele (4th April)
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