Nora J. Williams holds a PhD in early modern drama, and is a lecturer in Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama and Literature at the University of Essex. She's also an actor, director, mover, and singer, sometime all at once. She likes Shakespeare, but doesn't like, like him. You can find out more about her work at http://norajwilliams.hcommons.org and on Twitter @noraj_williams.
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Controlling the Narrative
Essay
Controlling the Narrative
Gendered Violence on the Contemporary Stage
7 July 2019
Taking Shakespeare’s Measure in the Twenty-First Century
Podcast
Taking Shakespeare’s Measure in the Twenty-First Century
Dr. Nora Williams and Measure (Still) for Measure
3 April 2018
A Game at Chess
Essay
A Game at Chess
The Most Controversial Play You’ve Never Heard Of
10 August 2017
Seriously, Calm Down
Essay
Seriously, Calm Down
A Healthy Dose of #Shakespeare400 Skepticism
11 July 2016
Staging Gendered Violence
Series
Staging Gendered Violence
The question of how to stage gendered violence ethically and responsibly is not new, but it is newly urgent as we approach the third decade of the twenty-first century.
Devising!
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Devising!
Recommended reading/watching/listening for DRA1012 Research & Performance students