Our premise is that after returning to Naples from Prospero’s Island, King Alonso dies suddenly. His son Ferdinand succeeds to the throne but soon falls under the malicious influence of Prospero’s brother, the unrepentant Antonio. He convinces Ferdinand they were deliberately stranded on the island by Prospero. Charges are brought against Prospero for piracy and […]
Read aloud more effectively, understand more deeply, appreciate more fully with the help of Shakespeare teacher, scholar, and dramaturge Dr. Gideon Rappaport in this five-week course in which participants will read parts aloud, pausing for guided explication and discussion. The sessions will last up to two hours, starting at 2:00 p.m. on successive Sundays from […]
This history play concerns the downfall of England's King Richard II, who is deposed by his cousin Henry Bolingbroke due to his tyrannical and wasteful rule, leading to a power struggle and the eventual murder of Richard. Our Director is Rebecca Reisman.
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