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92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Shakespeare’s female characters often challenge the 16th century patriarchal ideal of silent and subservient womanhood. Women of the time were expected to be chaste, silent and obedient, yet many of Shakespeare’s heroines push back against attempts to silence them. This course will include discussion of Kate and The Taming of the Shrew, the “merry war” of wits between Beatrice and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, and the conflicted,...
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Every generation creates its own Hamlet and that is certainly the case with the three major films of this play, from Laurence Olivier's intensely introspective Freudian version, through Kenneth Branagh's star-studded and action-packed film to Michael Almereyda's sinister post-millennial vision starring a slacker Ethan Hawke. We'll plumb the complexities and intricacies of this play and character in Shakespeare's text and its varied interpretations...
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Shakespeare began his career with a sequence of romantic comedies: Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like It, and Twelfth Night. In the first of these plays, the lovers lament that, “the course of true love never did run smooth,” and it certainly goes haywire in all these plays as a result of the love drug in Midsummer and gender disguise in As You Like It and Twelfth Night. Ultimately, however, Puck assures us, “Jack shall have Jill, / Naught...
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92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Love, fantasy, folly! Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night combines these volatile ingredients in a rich and amazing mix.
This program is taking place remotely. If you have signed up, you will receive an email with details of how to access the program. If we are able to offer an in-person version of this class in the coming months, we will contact you and make both options available to you. _________________ In anticipation of November’s upcoming election, our course will address Shakespeare and Politics in three plays: Measure for Measure, Julius...
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