September 15 - November 17, 2024
Sundays with Shakespeare: Beginning, Middle, and End
LTA - Classroom • 600 Wolfe Street Alexandria, VA 22314 Organized by The Little Theatre of Alexandria
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About this event
--Instructor: Frank Shutts-- Back by popular demand with new shows! Are you an actor or lover of theater who suffers from ”Shakesfear” ? The insurmountable terror that you will never “get” or enjoy Shakespeare? If so, this class is for you. Designed to acclimate theater goers and actors to the wonderful world of Shakespeare without having to write a paper. Over the course of 10 weeks, this class will meet every other Sunday to look at the man, his world, his words, and his works. We will focus on plays from the Bard’s early, middle, and later work. Week 1: Shakespeare: Man, Myth, and Legend; Week 2: Comedy (The Taming of the Shrew); Week 3: Roman Plays (Titus Andronicus); Week 4: Histories: (Richard III and Macbeth); and Week 5: Fantasy (The Tempest). Students will use the off weeks to watch and/or read the assigned plays. Students may volunteer to read or perform selections from the plays. This is a fun, hands-on approach to the world’s greatest playwright. So, put your Shakesfear rest and learn to love Shakespeare! Millions do! Shakespeare wrote to be seen and enjoyed! You will learn about his language, why he wrote the way he wrote, and how his words are still in use today. No class 10/20 and 10/27. Frank D. Shutts II, a Dramatic literature major, has taught Acting Shakespeare, lead Shakespeare tours to Stratford Upon Avon and London’s rebuilt Globe, served as a guest lecturer for the Smithsonian Associates, and has directed several local productions of Shakespeare’s works.
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Ages 16-100
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