Switching on the world of dramatic manuscripts.(Forum: the future of English reinassance manuscript studies) From: Shakespeare Studies | Date: January 1, 2004| Author: Ioppolo, Grace | COPYRIGHT 2004 Associated University Presses. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

THE "FUTURE" OF EARLY modern dramatic manuscript studies is the present, as I learned at an excellent conference on "The Future of Manuscripts in a Switched-on World" held at the University of London in March 2002 and co-sponsored by its Centre for Paleography. The conference organizer told us that she had had to close enrolment at over 125 people and could have enrolled 75 more because "Manuscripts are hot!" I've been waiting fifteen years to hear those magical words. Perhaps I wo...