Professor Emeritus of English Medieval Studies,
Department of English and Creative Writing,
Lancaster University,
LANCASTER LA1 4YD
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)