Upcoming Events
Professor Judith Buchanan on Hamlet (1920) at Magdalen College
16 November 2025, 7-10pm
All welcome
As part of the Magdalen Monday Movies film club series, St Peter's College Master Prof Judith Buchanan discusses Hamlet (1920) starring Asta Nielsen, followed by screening plus live musical accompaniment from Seb Carrington. It’s Hamlet, but not as you know it. Danish actress Asta Nielsen formed her own production company to make this astonishing film. She also played the main part, and portrayed Hamlet as a woman. More daring and original than most productions you’ll ever see on a stage.
Please note this event will take place at Magdalen College.
Free and open to all (including the public).
Learn more here.
About Prof Judith Buchanan
Judith Buchanan is Professor of English at the University of Oxford, Master of St Peter’s College and Pro-Vice-Chancellor without Portfolio at the University of Oxford. She is the author of many works on Shakespeare performance history and on film history. She co-wrote and was Shakespeare advisor on the 2018 Viridian feature film Macbeth (directed by Kit Monkman). She has given the expert voice-over commentaries for many commercial releases of silent films, including for the British Film Institute's Play On! Shakespeare on Silent Film, and she leads an internationally focused silent film project called ‘Silents Now’. She speaks regularly to public as well as academic audiences about Shakespeare, and in summer 2022, she spoke at Sotheby’s New York about a rare copy of the 1623 Shakespeare Folio that was up for sale.
She hosts the popular Shakespeare@Peter's events at St Peter's College. Watch the most recent Shakespeare@Peter's event here.