Shakespeare Society

UPCOMING EVENTS

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Monday, January 11th at 7pm
SHAKESPEARE WORKS: MACBETH

Director: Martha Clarke
Actors: Bill Camp and Elizabeth Marvel
Academic Advisor: Ruth Carpenter

at the Park Avenue Armory
643 Park Avenue
(between East 66th and 67th Streets)

Shakespeare Works is series of week-long residencies aimed at supporting the performance and production of Shakespeare in New York City and creating connections between the theatrical and academic communities. The week culminates with a stimulating evening of conversation and readings with the cast, director and advisors, moderated by Shakespeare Society’s Artistic Director Michael Sexton.


Location TBA

Limited Seating ~ Members Only (Join here)

Monday, March 22 at 7pm
SONGS FOR OPHELIA
with Natalie Dessay

A collaboration with The Metropolitan Opera


at Symphony Space
95th and Broadway

While in New York performing in the Met’s production of the opera Hamlet, the sensational Natalie Dessay joins us for an evening of music, drama and commentary devoted to one of Shakespeare’s most tragic and least understood heroines.

Tuesday, April 13 at 5:30pm
BOOK PARTY FOR JAMES SHAPIRO
on the release of his new book,
Contested Will:
The Shakespeare Authorship Controversy

The Players Club
16 Gramercy Park South

Join us for an intimate evening of readings, conversation and celebration, featuring this renowned Shakespeare scholar and author of the acclaimed 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare.

Limited Seating ~ Members Only (Join here)

 

SHAKESPEARE NEWS

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Congratulations to our friends at the Epic Theater Ensemble! - Playbill.com

Computer program proves Shakespeare didn't work alone, researchers claim - The Times

Did Shakespeare Want to Suppress his Sonnets? - NPR

John Barton's Playing Shakespeare series released on DVD - Broadway World

In Soul of the Age, Jonathan Bate Explores the Ideas That Drove Shakespeare - New York Times

The Bard in Berlin: Robert Wilson Takes on the Sonnets - Der Spiegel

Is This a Shakespeare Which I See Before Me? - New York Times

The Shakespeare Society Goes the Distance in Their Birthday Marathon - PlayShakespeare.com

Pinsky Captivates the Shakespeare Society - PlayShakespeare.com

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