Just as the closure of the London playhouses by bubonic plague obliged Shakespeare to go into isolation in the early 1590s and write Venus and Adonis, so the coronvarus pandemic of 2020 has obliged Shakespeare Institute faculty to stay away from the seminar rooms and rehearsal spaces of Stratford and discuss their research from their own homes.

<p>In connection with her acceptance of the 2020 Pragnell Prize, Michael Dobson, Director of the Shakespeare Institute, recorded an interview with Juliet Stevenson, in which she discusses some of the performances she gave at the RSC from the late 1970s through the mid 1980s.</p>

In connection with her acceptance of the 2020 Pragnell Prize, Michael Dobson, Director of the Shakespeare Institute, recorded an interview with Juliet Stevenson, in which she discusses some of the performances she gave at the RSC from the late 1970s through the mid 1980s.