A Midsummer Night’s Dream Discussion
By gb on Jun 17, 2009 with Comments 0
Greenwich Library
Cole Auditorium
101 W Putnam Avenue
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
7:00pm-8:30pm
Shakespeare on the Sound and Greenwich Library present Mark Schenker of Yale University, who will lead a discussion of A Midsummer Night’s Dream both as an individual play and with respect to its place in the Shakespeare canon. Long considered one of Shakespeare’s finest comedies, A Midsummer Night’s Dream presents a world capable of being transformed by magic, by love and by art. The play combines elements of music, dance, and pageantry with the comic misadventures of two pairs of star-crossed lovers and the comic prose of the “rude mechanicals,” common tradesmen who labor to create and perform a drama that serves as counterpoint to the sophistication and formality of the larger comedy that encompasses it.
Lecture to begin at 7:00 pm, with a reception beforehand starting at 6:30 pm.
Contact: Dulcy Brainard, 203.299.1300
Don’t miss the 2009 concert starting July 4th in Greenwich – read all about it here.
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