The showcase, which was open to the public, included live performances of music and scenes from late 17th-century, Restoration-era adaptations of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” and “Macbeth.”

The showcase was part of “Performing Restoration Shakespeare,” a multinational, interdisciplinary research project sponsored by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Professor Schoch is co-leading the project with Professor Amanda Eubanks Winkler, associate professor of music history and cultures in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) at Syracuse University.

Speaking about the project, Professor Schoch said: “When theatres reopened after the English civil war, few new plays were available. As a result, theatre companies presented Shakespeare in new, exciting ways.

“These extravagant adaptations were popular then, and still are today. Our performances of ‘The Tempest’ at the Globe and ‘Macbeth’ [at the Folger] have attracted wide press coverage and sold-out audiences.”

In addition to the performances, the Professor Schoch and Professor Eubanks Winkler facilitated a discussion with Will Tosh, lecturer and research fellow at Shakespeare’s Globe; Robert Richmond, stage director of the acclaimed 2018 production of “Macbeth” at the Folger Theatre in Washington, D.C. (funded in part by “Performing Restoration Shakespeare”); and Bob Eisenstein, “Macbeth” music director.

For more information on the ‘Performing Restoration Shakespeare’ project, please visit: www.restorationshakespeare.org and follow @PRShakes on Twitter.

Photo Credit:  Image by Tristram Kenton from ‘As You Like It’ (2018), directed by Federay Holmes and Elle While and presented by the Globe Ensemble.