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Love, Sex and Romance in Early Drama 26 April 2014, University of Toronto Robert Gill Theatre, Drama Centre 214 College Street, Toronto, M5T 2Z9 11:00-12:00pm Session 1 Romance Plays and Romancing Plays Professor Joanne Findon (Trent University) and Dr Charlotte Steenbrugge (University of Toronto / University of Bristol) Chair: Professor David Klausner (University of Toronto) 12:00-1:30pm lunch break (no lunch is provided) 1:30-2:30pm Session 2 Sex and the Chicken Coop: On staging La farce du Poullier à six personnages’ juicy bits Professor Mario Longtin (University of Western Ontario) Sex and the Serva in the Recueil Fossard (Paris, 1580s) Professor Rosalind Kerr (University of Alberta) Chair: Professor Alexandra Johnston (University of Toronto) 2:30-3:30pm Session 3 ‘For when did friendship take / A breed for barren metal of his friend?’: Staging love as sterile currency inThe Merchant of Venice Erin Weinberg (Queen’s University) The Genres of Consent: Bonduca and the Failure of Chivalry Dr Andrew Bretz (University of Guelph / Wilfrid Laurier University) Chair: Professor Mario Longtin (University of Western Ontario) 3:30-4:00pm coffee and tea break 4:00-5:00pm Session 4 Roundtable with the directors and actors of Lancelot of Denmark and Of Winter and Summer Chair: Professor Joanne Findon (Trent University) -- David Klausner, Professor emeritus of English and Medieval Studies 416-946-7379 University of Toronto "Of all noises I think music is the least disagreeable." Samuel Johnson