The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 18.0207 Wednesday, 21 March 2007
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Date: Wednesday, 21 Mar 2007 11:40:50 -0400
Subject: Spring Attractions from ESU Washington
ESU Washington is pleased to announce a number of upcoming programs,
some of which will be of interest to Shakespeareans.
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Speaking of Shakespeare with Actor Roger Rees
MONDAY, APRIL 2
Reception 12:00 noon, Luncheon 12:30 p.m., Program 1:00 p.m.
THE UNIVERSITY CLUB, 1135 16th Street NW
Luncheon and Program, $45
Roger Rees achieved stardom in the title part of the Royal Shakespeare
Company's epic 8-hour rendering of Dickens' Life and Adventures of
Nicholas Nickleby, for which he collected both an Olivier Award and a
Tony. He went on to create the leading roles in the original London
productions of two Tom Stoppard hits, The Real Thing and Hapgood. On
Broadway Mr. Rees has starred in Indiscretions, A Man of No Importance,
The Rehearsal, and Uncle Vanya. A director and writer as well as a
versatile actor, Mr. Rees spent two decades as a member of the RSC,
performing such marquee roles as the title character in Hamlet. He now
presides over one of America's most respected arts institutions, the
Williamstown Theatre Festival. A popular figure in TV series such as
Cheers (where he earned plaudits as Kirstie Alley's suitor, an English
tycoon named Robin Colcord) and The West Wing (where he played Lord John
Marbury, the British Ambassador), as well as in films such as Crazy Like
a Fox, The Emperor's Club, and Frida, he'll present a one-man anthology,
What You Will, at the Folger Theatre during the weekend that precedes
this engagement; we encourage you to visit www.folger.edu or call (202)
544-7077 for information about that entertaining program.
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Michael Kahn on 'Shakespeare in Washington'
THURSDAY, APRIL 5
Cash-Bar Reception 11:30 a.m., Luncheon 12:30 p.m., Program 1:00 p.m.
1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW
ESU Members, $25; Others, $30; Program Only, $10
We're privileged to join the Woman's National Democratic Club in a
gathering with one of our nation's most esteemed producers and
directors. Michael Kahn has garnered accolades on Broadway and at the
New York Shakespeare Festival and has overseen such artistic enterprises
as the American Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford, Connecticut, and the
McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey. During his four decades in
Lincoln Center at the Juilliard School's Drama Division, which he helped
establish in 1968 and which he headed until a few months ago, Mr. Kahn
has trained or worked with such actors as William Hurt, Harvey Keitel,
Kevin Kline, Laura Linney, Patti LuPone, Kelly McGillis, Christopher
Reeve, and Robin Williams. Meanwhile, since his arrival in the Nation's
Capital in 1986 as artistic director of what is now known as the
Shakespeare Theatre Company, Mr. Kahn has transformed what had been a
small, embattled troupe at the Folger Library into an organization that
periodicals like The Economist and The Wall Street Journal have
described as one of the finest classical ensembles in the world. As that
institution prepares to occupy its magnificent new home at the Harman
Center for the Arts, Mr. Kahn is teaming up with Michael Kaiser,
President of the Kennedy Center, to oversee a spectacular, unprecedented
commemoration of Shakespeare in Washington, a six-month festival that
involves more than seventy participating institutions.
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Actor Gary Sloan Revives 'The Ghosts of Edwin Booth'
MONDAY, MARCH 26, APRIL 2, APRIL 9, and APRIL 16, at 7:00 p.m.
NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY - Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium
Admission Free, but Please Call (202) 275-0570 to Reserve Seats
As part of the Smithsonian Institution's contribution to this spring's
Shakespeare in Washington festival, the National Portrait Gallery is
hosting a series of Monday night performances by one of the most
talented actors of our day. Gary Sloan will be known to local audiences
for his distinguished work at such venues as Arena Stage, the Folger
Theatre, the Shakespeare Theatre Company, and Studio Theatre. But he is
also familiar to playgoers elsewhere for his performances at the Actors
Theatre of Louisville, the Alley Theatre in Houston, the Cincinnati
Playhouse, the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, and the Roundbout
Theatre in New York. For this occasion Mr. Sloan is resurrecting The
Haunted Prince. A deeply conflicted performer whose brother
assassinated President Lincoln, Edwin Booth triumphed over adversity to
become the greatest dramatic artist in 19th-century America. Drawing on
a variety of archival materials, and enacting a script that has been
specially devised by the presenter in collaboration with his wife
Christie Brown and director Stephen Fried, Mr. Sloan has produced an
evening that will remind attendees of how significant Shakespeare has
always been, not only in our Nation's Capital, but in every hamlet of
this "brave New World."
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John F. Andrews, OBE
Executive Director, ESU Washington
President, The Shakespeare Guild
1604 New Hampshire Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20009-2512
Phone 202 234 4602 Fax 202 234 4639
http://www.esuwdc.org
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