Jonathan Bate

== Academic and theatrical career ==

== Academic and theatrical career ==

Bate was educated at [[Sevenoaks School]], at the time when it was a selective Kent County Council funded grammar school, and [[St Catharine's College, Cambridge]], where he was the inaugural T. R. Henn Scholar and a winner of the University Charles Oldham Shakespeare Scholarship. After graduating with a top double first, he spent a year as a [[Harkness Fellow]] at [[Harvard University]] before returning to Cambridge to complete a PhD on Shakespeare and the Romantic imagination, supervised by Richard Luckett. Early in his career he held a research fellowship at St Catharine's and then a joint college lectureship at [[Trinity Hall, Cambridge]] and [[Girton College]], but struggled to secure a permanent post at Cambridge – he later said he felt “essentially exiled” after being passed over five times.{{cite magazine |last=Robson |first=Leo |title=Jonathan Bate: 'To me, Shakespeare is the great enabler' |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2022/06/jonathan-bate-to-me-shakespeare-is-the-great-enabler |magazine=New Statesman |date=4 June 2022}} In 1990, aged only 32, he was appointed to the position of King Alfred Professor of English Literature at [[Liverpool University]], a post held by a succession of distinguished Shakespeare scholars including [[A. C. Bradley]], Kenneth Muir, and Philip Edwards - a move he described as “the best decision of my life.” He taught at Liverpool from 1991 to 2003, then became Professor of Shakespeare and [[Renaissance literature|Renaissance Literature]] at [[University of Warwick|Warwick]], where he led a collaboration with the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] and won major funding to launch the CAPITAL Centre ("Creativity and Performance in Teaching and Learning"), bringing rehearsal room techniques to the classroom.

Bate was educated at [[Sevenoaks School]], at the time when it was a selective Kent County Council funded grammar school, and [[St Catharine's College, Cambridge]], where he was the inaugural T. R. Henn Scholar and a winner of the University Charles Oldham Shakespeare Scholarship. After graduating with a top double first-class degree, he spent a year as a [[Harkness Fellow]] at [[Harvard University]] before returning to Cambridge to complete a PhD degree on Shakespeare and the Romantic imagination, supervised by Richard Luckett. Early in his career, he held a research fellowship at St Catharine's and then a joint college lectureship at [[Trinity Hall, Cambridge]], and [[Girton College]], but struggled to secure a permanent post at Cambridge – he later said he felt "essentially exiled" after being passed over five times.{{cite magazine |last=Robson |first=Leo |title=Jonathan Bate: 'To me, Shakespeare is the great enabler' |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2022/06/jonathan-bate-to-me-shakespeare-is-the-great-enabler |magazine=New Statesman |date=4 June 2022}} In 1990, aged only 32, he was appointed to the position of King Alfred Professor of English Literature at [[Liverpool University]], a post held by a succession of distinguished Shakespeare scholars including [[A. C. Bradley]], Kenneth Muir, and Philip Edwards – a move he described as "the best decision of my life". He taught at Liverpool from 1991 to 2003, then became Professor of Shakespeare and [[Renaissance literature|Renaissance Literature]] at [[University of Warwick|Warwick]], where he led a collaboration with the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] and won major funding to launch the CAPITAL Centre ("Creativity and Performance in Teaching and Learning"), bringing rehearsal room techniques to the classroom.

In 2011, Bate was elected Provost of Worcester College, Oxford.{{cite news |title=Jonathan Bate elected Provost of Worcester College |url=https://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2010/100826_1.html |work=University of Oxford News |date=26 August 2010}} During his tenure at Worcester he led a major fundraising campaign and oversaw construction of the college’s Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre, which was shortlisted for the Stirling Prize for architecture.{{cite web |title=Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre – Shortlisted for RIBA Stirling Prize 2018 |url=https://www.architecture.com/awards-and-competitions-landing/stirling-prize/stirling-prize-2018/sultan-nazrin-shah-centre |publisher=Royal Institute of British Architects |date=2018}} Bate has held visiting posts at [[Yale University]], [[the University of California, Los Angeles]], and the [[Huntington Library]] and [[Folger Shakespeare Library]], and served on the board of the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] and the Council of the [[Arts and Humanities Research Council]].{{cite web |title=Professor Sir Jonathan Bate FBA FRSL |url=https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fellows/jonathan-bate-FBA/ |publisher=The British Academy |date=2021}}

In 2011, Bate was elected Provost of Worcester College, Oxford.{{cite news |title=Jonathan Bate elected Provost of Worcester College |url=https://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2010/100826_1.html |work=University of Oxford News |date=26 August 2010}} During his tenure at Worcester, he led a major fundraising campaign and oversaw construction of the college's Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre, which was shortlisted for the Stirling Prize for architecture.{{cite web |title=Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre – Shortlisted for RIBA Stirling Prize 2018 |url=https://www.architecture.com/awards-and-competitions-landing/stirling-prize/stirling-prize-2018/sultan-nazrin-shah-centre |publisher=Royal Institute of British Architects |date=2018}} Bate has held visiting posts at [[Yale University]], the [[University of California, Los Angeles]], and the [[Huntington Library]] and [[Folger Shakespeare Library]], and served on the board of the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] and the Council of the [[Arts and Humanities Research Council]].{{cite web |title=Professor Sir Jonathan Bate FBA FRSL |url=https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fellows/jonathan-bate-FBA/ |publisher=The British Academy |date=2021}}

In addition to academia, Bate has been active in theatre. In 2010 he wrote ''The Man from Stratford'', a one-man play about Shakespeare commissioned for Simon Callow, which premiered at the [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]] and toured the UK.{{cite news |last=Treneman |first=Ann |title=The Man from Stratford at the Assembly Hall, Edinburgh |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-man-from-stratford-at-the-assembly-hall-edinburgh-vj9p8ph0cl0 |work=The Times |date=6 August 2010}} The show was later renamed ''Being Shakespeare'' and enjoyed three runs in London’s West End (2011–2012 and 2014), as well as transfers to New York (at the [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]]), Chicago, and Trieste.{{cite news |last=Gardner |first=Lyn |title=Being Shakespeare – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2011/jun/27/being-shakespeare-review |work=The Guardian |date=27 June 2011}} ''Being Shakespeare'', described by one critic as a “revelatory theatrical masterpiece,”{{cite web |title=Being Shakespeare at the Harold Pinter Theatre |url=https://www.westendtheatre.com/24915/shows/being-shakespeare-at-the-harold-pinter-theatre-starring-simon-callow/ |publisher=WestEndTheatre.com |date=8 May 2014}} was praised for its engaging portrayal of the Bard’s life. Bate’s script mingles biographical episodes with extracts from Shakespeare’s works and historical context, while having the actor narrate Shakespeare’s story rather than impersonate him.{{cite news |last=Dickson |first=Andrew |title=Bard labour: Patrick Stewart and Simon Callow tackle Shakespeare the man |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/feb/29/theatre-shakespeare |work=The Guardian |date=29 February 2012}} Callow’s performance earned positive reviews, and the production toured internationally. Bate has also written for the stage in other ways; for example, he served as textual consultant for the Royal Shakespeare Company and was co-curator of the British Museum’s 2012 exhibition ''Shakespeare: Staging the World'', for which he co-wrote the catalogue.{{cite book |last=Bate |first=Jonathan |author2=Dora Thornton |title=Shakespeare: Staging the World |publisher=British Museum Press |year=2012 |isbn=9780714128245}}

In addition to academia, Bate has been active in theatre. In 2010, he wrote ''The Man from Stratford'', a one-man play about Shakespeare commissioned for Simon Callow, which premiered at the [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]] and toured the UK.{{cite news |last=Treneman |first=Ann |title=The Man from Stratford at the Assembly Hall, Edinburgh |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-man-from-stratford-at-the-assembly-hall-edinburgh-vj9p8ph0cl0 |work=The Times |date=6 August 2010}} The show was later renamed ''Being Shakespeare'' and enjoyed three runs in London’s West End (2011–2012 and 2014), as well as transfers to New York (at the [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]]), Chicago, and Trieste.{{cite news |last=Gardner |first=Lyn |title=Being Shakespeare – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2011/jun/27/being-shakespeare-review |work=The Guardian |date=27 June 2011}} ''Being Shakespeare'', described by one critic as a “revelatory theatrical masterpiece,”{{cite web |title=Being Shakespeare at the Harold Pinter Theatre |url=https://www.westendtheatre.com/24915/shows/being-shakespeare-at-the-harold-pinter-theatre-starring-simon-callow/ |publisher=WestEndTheatre.com |date=8 May 2014}} was praised for its engaging portrayal of the Bard's life. Bate's script mingles biographical episodes with extracts from Shakespeare's works and historical context, while having the actor narrate Shakespeare's story rather than impersonate him.{{cite news |last=Dickson |first=Andrew |title=Bard labour: Patrick Stewart and Simon Callow tackle Shakespeare the man |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/feb/29/theatre-shakespeare |work=The Guardian |date=29 February 2012}} Callow's performance earned positive reviews, and the production toured internationally. Bate has also written for the stage in other ways; for example, he served as textual consultant for the Royal Shakespeare Company and was co-curator of the British Museum's 2012 exhibition ''Shakespeare: Staging the World'', for which he co-wrote the catalogue.{{cite book |last=Bate |first=Jonathan |author2=Dora Thornton |title=Shakespeare: Staging the World |publisher=British Museum Press |year=2012 |isbn=9780714128245}}

==Writer==

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