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Tuesday June 12, 2012
Spring Shakespeare Series
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
FOLLOWING FALLSTAFF
Professor Helen Whall will return for our annual Shakespeare Festival. Though Falstaff is always a rascal and sometimes a rogue in Shakespeare's plays, he has long won the hearts of audiences. For many years, it was rumored that Queen Elizabeth asked that he be "resurrected" and shown in love. Verdi constructed an opera around him and a St. Louis brewing company named a beer for him. This series will trace his fate through three of Shakespeare's' plays--two histories and a comedy which may not show the big man in love but does show him chasing the ladies of Windsor.
The plays to be read and discussed will include: Henry the Fourth, Part I (4/24), Henry the Fourth, Part II (5/22), and The Merry Wives of Windsor (6/12).
Professor Helen Whall will return for our annual Shakespeare Festival. Though Falstaff is always a rascal and sometimes a rogue in Shakespeare's plays, he has long won the hearts of audiences. For many years, it was rumored that Queen Elizabeth asked that he be "resurrected" and shown in love. Verdi constructed an opera around him and a St. Louis brewing company named a beer for him. This series will trace his fate through three of Shakespeare's' plays--two histories and a comedy which may not show the big man in love but does show him chasing the ladies of Windsor.
The plays to be read and discussed will include: Henry the Fourth, Part I (4/24), Henry the Fourth, Part II (5/22), and The Merry Wives of Windsor (6/12).
Location: Raytheon Room
Tuesday May 14, 2013
Helen Whall's Poetry of Shakespeare
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
This year our Shakespeare program will focus on the poetry of Shakespeare and will meet on May 14 and 21.
On May 14 we will discuss Shakespeare in relationship to the explosion of English sonnets in his day and look at the depth of his poetic contribution to the tradition of 14-line poems.
On May 14 we will discuss Shakespeare in relationship to the explosion of English sonnets in his day and look at the depth of his poetic contribution to the tradition of 14-line poems.
Location: Raytheon Room
Tuesday May 21, 2013
Helen Whall's Poetry of Shakespeare
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
This year our Shakespeare program will focus on the poetry of Shakespeare.
On May 21 we will discuss excerpt passages from plays early, mid-period and late to trace how Shakespeare never stopped reinventing the iambic pentameter line or ever stopped exploring how poetic techniques serve drama and drama serves poetry.
Shakespeare Program dates will be May 14 and 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the Raytheon Room.
On May 21 we will discuss excerpt passages from plays early, mid-period and late to trace how Shakespeare never stopped reinventing the iambic pentameter line or ever stopped exploring how poetic techniques serve drama and drama serves poetry.
Shakespeare Program dates will be May 14 and 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the Raytheon Room.
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