Anti-Racist Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice

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Our free Anti-Racist Shakespeare webinars bring you a range of perspectives from scholars and artists about Shakespeare’s plays and how they engage with the topics of race and identity. In this webinar, Globe scholars will be joined by theatre artists and scholars to discuss race and social justice in The Merchant of Venice.

You will need to register in advance to receive a link to attend the live Zoom webinar. The event is open to all and you do not need to be a ticket holder for a performance.

Guest speakers are actor Tracy-Ann Oberman and professor Shaul Bassi.

This event is generously sponsored by Cambridge University Press. Browse a selection of their books in our shop.

DETAILS

Registration Free

This event takes place online

Running time approximately 1 hour

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Terms and conditions

Part of Winter 2021/22 and Anti-Racist Shakespeare

Access

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SPEAKERS

HOW TO ATTEND ONLINE

Be sure to register in advance – you will need to do this in order to receive the link.

You will receive an email the day before the webinar date with your link to access it.

You will also be able to access this link via the digital events page once you log in to your account.

You may need to refresh the link after the start time. You will also need to click the play button seen on the page.

You have the option to watch with English subtitles – use toggle at the bottom of the player.

Performance times are displayed in Greenwich Mean Time.

You will need a good, reliable internet connection.

Webinars are live and will be recorded don’t miss the start time.

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