Did you know that William Shakespeare acted in many of his own plays, or that he coined over 1,500 words in the English language? This lecture is appropriate for all ages.

About Lori Ann Ferrell

A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Lori Anne Ferrell is the John D. and Lillian Maguire Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at Claremont Graduate University and has a joint appointment in early modern history and literature. She is also the director of CGU’s Early Modern Studies program and the director of CGU’s prestigious Kingsley & Kate Tufts Poetry Awards. Her research concentrates on the effect of religious and political change on early modern texts—theological, literary, theatrical, and practical—in the turbulent century before the outbreak of civil war in Britain. She is the author of numerous research papers and popular books, including the highly-rated book The Bible and the People.