Shakespeare at the Huntington

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