Shakespeare's Globe Book Award

The Shakespeare's Globe Book Award is to be given to the author of a first monograph, published in 2010 or 2011, which has made an important contribution to the understanding of Shakespeare, his theatre, or his contemporaries.

The Prize

The winning author will receive a £3,000 cash prize, as well as a workshop on presentation skills in preparation for delivering a public lecture at Shakespeare's Globe, the 2012 Cheltenham Literary Festival and the Shakespeare Institute. Travel and accommodation costs will be covered.

The Panel

Chair: Dr Farah Karim-Cooper (Head of Courses and Research at Shakespeare's Globe).

Professors: Laurie Maguire (University of Oxford), Ann Thompson (King's College London), Michael Dobson (Director of the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham), and Graham Holderness (University of Hertfordshire).

SHORTLIST

The shortlisted titles for this year’s prize are:   

• Ecocriticism and Shakespeare by Simon Estock, published by Palgrave-Macmillan USA
• Metaphor and Shakespearean Drama by Maria Fahey, published by Palgrave-Macmillan
• Foreign and Native on the English Stage 1588-1611 by Jane Pettegree, published by Palgrave-Macmillan  
• Shakespearean Verse Speaking by Abigail Rokison, published by Cambridge University Press
• The Places of Wit in Early Modern English Comedy by Adam Zucker, published by Cambridge University Press

Further Information

The winning author will be notified in July. For full entry conditions or any further information please email Lucy Barker or call on 0207 902 1461.

 

Image: 'The Meaning of Art' by Ros Rixon