The San Diego Shakespeare Society
Celebrating the Bard's Works Since 2002
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Dr. Gideon Rappaport will discuss his book Shakespeare's Rhetorical Figures: An Outline. When Shakespeare began writing for the stage, he had already mastered over two hundred rhetorical figures inherited from […]
The Winter’s Tale, one of Shakespeare’s very late plays, is filled with improbabilities. Before the conclusion, one character comments that what we are about to see, “Were it but told […]
Something is rotten in Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, but it’s not Shakespeare’s fault. There’s a good reason for the bad example of inventing the Jew Shylock to be the play’s […]
Two struggling actors find solace from lockdown isolation by staging Hamlet in Grand Theft Auto Online, battling griefers as they connect through William Shakespeare. https://digitalgym.org/movies/grand-theft-hamlet/
Join us at the Mission Valley Mall (near Target) for an extended discussion of this profound tragedy as well as readings of selected scenes.
The Winter's Tale includes murderous passions, man-eating bears, princes and princesses in disguise, death by drowning and by grief, oracles, betrayal, and unexpected joy. Yet the play, which draws much […]
The San Diego Museum of Art and the San Diego Shakespeare Society team up again to celebrate the summer solstice with an enchanted afternoon of performance and poetry! Performances at […]
Join Scott Farrell, program director of Chivalry Today and head instructor with the San Diego Longsword medieval fencing program, for a look into the language, function, and artistry of knightly […]
Join us for another great open reading. Jealous and disdained, Richard of Gloucester wants to be King of England and uses manipulation and deceit to achieve his goal. He murders […]
During this open reading session, we'll follow how Richard's Machiavellian rise to power will come undone. Lisa Neinchel will be our director.
Guest events: Unless specifically mentioned, The San Diego Shakespeare Society is not involved with any guest events published to our calendar. (Our events will have the notation of “SDSS event.) Inclusion here is neither an endorsement nor a recommendation of other events.
