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Shakespeare’s Audiences: Then & Now

A Shakespeare play is not really understood unless we can experience the give and take of an audience surrounding actors playing seriously with the script. The scripts that Shakespeare wrote included the audience in the performance, but that significant element has been left out of most modern performances which remove the audience to a darkened space where they can…sleep, instead of listen and respond.  Walter Cannon will discuss a number of places in a number of plays wherein the audience is built into the script, where the plays really make no sense without the audience.

LOCATION
Virtual

MAX NUMBER OF ATTENDEES
20 max

DATE
November 10, 2020

TIME
7:00pm

DEADLINE
Register by November 8, 2020

DETAILS
Walter Cannon, Professor Emeritus of Central College, will talk about Shakespeare’s Audiences:  Then and Now. He will discuss how Shakespeare expected the audiences of his plays to be involved, unlike the way in which the audiences sit away from the stage in the dark these days.  If you are a fan of Shakespeare, you will want to hear this talk.  You may register for the event by emailing literary@artsofcarvercounty.org no later than November 8, 2020.  The Zoom link will be sent out to those who register.  The talk is designed for all who love Shakespeare, whether you are now a student or if you are an older lover of Shakespeare. Please join us for this event and invite your friends to participate also. Professor Cannon will answer questions after his talk.

FEE
Free

CONTACT
Amy Stender
literary@artsofcarvercounty.org
651-434-2249