Our 2017 Speaking of Shakespeare offerings commenced at the NATIONAL
ARTS CLUB on January 18 and February 22 with JEAN
E. HOWARD of Columbia University and SHANE
ANN YOUNTS of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. A few weeks later, on
March 22, we talked with SARAH ENLOE
of the American Shakespeare Center. On April 26 and 27 we enjoyed richly
informative engagements with film historian SAMUEL
CROWL and director KARIN COONROD.
Our dialogue with Ms. Coonrod was a sequel to a March
2016 conversation that focused on a historic July 2016 production of
The
Merchant of Venice. We revisited not only the performance itself,
but a timely symposium (with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg presiding over
deliberations featuring actor F. Murray Abraham and scholars Stephen Greenblatt
and James Shapiro) which was covered by the New York Times.
The following month, on Thursday, May 25, we focused a spotlight on arts
patron NANCY
ZECKENDORF. On June 12 we SOS conversed with arts executive
JULIAN BIRD. Mr. Bird oversees both
the Society
of London Theatre, the producers' organization that presents the West
End's Olivier Awards each spring, and UK Theatre, a consortium, formerly
known as the Theatrical Management Association
(TMA), which represents performing-arts institutions throughout the United
Kingdom. Since 2014 UK Theatre has hosted the Guild's annual Gielgud
Award festivities, at an October luncheon in London's historic
Guildhall, where we recently honored playwright Sir David Hare with our 2017 trophy.
We returned to the NAC on Friday, October 6, to open our 2017-18 SOS
season with educator JOANNA READ,
who heads the London Academy of Dramatic Art (LAMDA). A few days later,
on Wednesday, October 18, we enjoyed a delightful evening with Washington
Post theater critic PETER MARKS.
Then on Monday, November 6, we talked with WNET executive
STEPHEN SEGALLER, who previewed this spring's attractions in a series
called Shakespeare Uncovered, a three-year, 18-episode co-production
with the BBC that provides charming introductions to the most popular plays
in the dramatic repertory.
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