Shakespeare Book Club | A Passion for Power

The SHAKESPEARE BOOK CLUB has gone VIRTUAL (until further notice)!
FOR INFORMATION ON ACCESSING OUR 2020-2021 SEASON via ZOOM, please EMAIL: bard@westhartfordlibrary.org

Virtual programs by Capital Classics Theatre Company https://www.capitalclassics.org/ at West Hartford Public Library.

All programs are live on FIRST MONDAYS AT 7:00PM and feature Capital Classics Artistic Associate and Professor of Theatre Geoffrey Sheehan: 

DATES & TOPICS FOR DISCUSSIONS:

November 2, 2020 (Monday, 7PM) Petruchio with his boys and Kate; and Bianca with her suitors and father, from The Taming of the Shrew

December 7, 2020 (Monday, 7PM)  Regan and Goneril from King Lear

January 4, 2021 (Monday, 7PM) Titus, Saturninus, Marcus Andronicus, Lucius, and others from Titus Andronicus

February 1, 2021 (Monday, 7PM)  Soldiers and generals from Troilus & Cressida

March 1, 2021 (Monday, 7PM) Prospero, Antonio, and Sebastian; and Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo from The Tempest

April 5, 2021 (Monday, 7PM) The conspirators from Julius Caesar

May 3, 2021 (Monday, 7PM) That famous couple from Macbeth

June 7, 2021 (Monday, 7PM) Duke Frederick from As You Like It, which Capital Classics will stage for the 30th anniversary of the Greater Hartford Shakespeare Festival

Shakespeare's Plays Online: http://shakespeare.mit.edu/

Capital Classics Mission Statement: Capital Classics, a non-Equity professional theatre company, was founded in 1991 to enrich the cultural environment of Greater Hartford through the theatre arts. We are committed to providing classical entertainment that is affordable, accessible, and engaging; serving the community with cultural and educational programming; and providing job opportunities and training to Connecticut's professional theatre artists.

The SHAKESPEARE BOOK CLUB has gone VIRTUAL (until further notice)!
FOR INFORMATION ON ACCESSING OUR 2020-2021 SEASON via ZOOM, please EMAIL: bard@westhartfordlibrary.org