Other Events
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, produced by the Department of Theater Arts and Performance Studies, Brown University, and directed by Marcus Gardley.
March 3-6, and 10-13, 2016.
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Shakespeare Film Festival at Granoff Center, Brown University
Free and open to the public. All screenings at 7 p.m.
March 6: Throne of Blood, dir. Akira Kurosawa (1957).
March 13: Othello, dir. Janet Suzman (1987).
April 10: Titus Andronicus, dir. Julie Taymor (1999).
April 17: Coriolanus, dir. Ralph Fiennes (2011).
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Shakespeare Plays in Rhode Island, exhibit at the John Hay Library, 3rd floor
April 6-May 1
How did Rhode Islanders come to know their Shakespeare in the 19th and early 20th centuries? Choice items from the John Hay collections, including sheet music, advertising, blackface minstrelsy, playbills, and engravings of Shakespearean characters.
The Making of Shakespeare, a Salon at the Providence Athenaeum
Friday, April 15, 5-7 p.m.
Coppélia Kahn, Professor of English, Emerita, Brown University, will explore reasons why Shakespeare’s works have lasted more than 400 years—notably, the First Folio edition of his dramatic works published in 1623 and on display at Brown’s Granoff Center April 11-May 1.
The Winter’s Tale at the Gamm Theater, directed by Fred Sullivan, Jr.
April 21 – May 29, 2016.
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Special showing of Brown University’s John Carter Brown Library copy of First Folio.
Saturday, April 16, 2016.
10 a.m. – noon.
Special Display of Brown University’s John Hay Library copy of the First Folio.
April 6-May 1.
Monday-Thursday, 10 am-6 pm; Friday, 10 am-5 pm.
Easy As Lying: The Music of Shakespeare’s Globe, performed by Seven Times Salt
This spirited musical celebration honors the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death. Excerpts from the plays, songs mentioned in them, and works by his talented musical contemporaries will be performed on period instruments and with historic pronunciation. Presented by St. Stephen’s Church and Brown University.
Sunday, May 1, 4 p.m.
St. Stephen’s Church, 114 George Street, Providence
Suggested donation $10, free for students with ID
Seven Times Salt is a Boston-based early music ensemble specializing in repertoire of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Credits:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Briel Banks (Hermia) and Marcus Kyd (Lysander), directed by Joe Banno, Folger Theatre, 2006. Photo by Carol Pratt. Folger Shakespeare Library.