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> Abigail Rokison

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I am currently working on a book on Shakespeare productions and adaptations for young people for Continuum Press and writing a chapter on Shakespeare's dramatic verse for the Oxford Handbook to Shakespeare’s Poetry.

Publications:

Rokison, A. (Forthcoming 2011) Adaptations and Re-working of Shakespeare for Young People. London: Continuum.

Rokison, A. (Forthcoming 2011) 'The Part of Amurath' in The Malone Society Collections Vol. XVI. Ed. Eugene Giddens. Manchester: MUP.

Rokison, A. (2010) "Our scene is alter'd": Adaptations and re-workings of Hamlet for young people‟. Literature Compass. Oxford: Routledge.

Rokison, A. (2010) Shakespearean Verse Speaking. Cambridge: CUP.

Rokison, A., Styles, M. and Evelyn Arizpe, E. (2010) 'Discontinuous Knowledges: some neglected dimensions of children's literature'. The Routledge Companion to Children's Literature. Ed. David Rudd. Oxford: Routledge.

Rokison, A. (2010) 'Authenticity in the 21st Century: Propeller and Shakespeare's Globe' in Shakespeare in Stages. Eds Christie Carson and Chris Dymokowski. Cambridge: CUP.

Roksion, A. (2009) „Romeo and Juliet for the Young Viewer: Interpretation and Adaptation‟. New Review of Children’s Literature and Librarianship. Volume 15. Issue 1. 42-66. Oxford: Routledge.

Rokison, A. (2009) 'David Tennant: Playing Hamlet'. Shakespeare Volume 5 Issue 3. 292-304. Oxford: Routledge.

Rokison, A. (2009). 'Shakespeare‟s History Cycle in Performance' in Shakespeare Volume 5 Issue 1. 105-113. Oxford: Routledge.

Rokison, A. (2005)"Shakespeare in Performance" at the second biennial British Shakespeare Association conference at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne‟. Shakespeare, Vol 1, Issue 1. 188-202. Oxford: Routledge.

Qualifications:
  • Diploma in Acting, LAMDA, 1996
  • BA Hons in Humanities with Literature, First Class, Open University, 2001
  • MA in Shakespeare, Text and Playhouse, King's College London and the Globe Theatre, Distinction, 2002
  • PhD received from Cambridge in 2007


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