Agincourt and Elsinore, London and Rome are just a few of the landscapes where Shakespeare sets his heavy political reckonings. This series of three lectures, held during the run-up to the 2008 Presidential election is accompanied by staged readings and panel discussions.
Wednesday, September 17, The Roman Plays "Base, Common, and popular": Shakespeare's Democratic Mob
Speaker: Louis Fantasia
Cast: David Melville, Joan Van Ark, John Frederick Jones, Robert Wisdom, Christine Avila.
Wednesday, September 24, The Henriad "Heavy Reckonings": the Cost of Kingship in th Henry Plays
Speaker: Martha Andersen
Wednesday, October 1, Hamlet & Macbeth "The election lights on..."
Speaker: Robert N. Watson
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Mary Poppins lands in L.A. with original Broadway stars Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee. Also notable: the new musical Baby It's You!, Bill Cain's Equivocation, Center Theatre Group's DouglasPlus series, and the camp classic Women Behind Bars. Full Story Los Angeles Theater Listings, Tickets, News, Reviews, and more
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