Michael Witmore: Speed Reading Shakespeare

If there is one writer we have been taught to savor and to revisit, it is Shakespeare. But much of what the Bard wrote was crafted on the fly and meant to be sped along in performance. New digital scholarly resources add another temporal dimension—the possibility of “machine-reading” Shakespeare to delve even deeper into patterns and insights of his plays and sonnets. Come join Michael Witmore, director of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., and renowned authority on “digital humanities,” as he unveils new discoveries in Shakespeare studies.

This program is presented in partnership with Chicago Shakespeare Theater as part of Shakespeare 400 Chicago.