The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 20.0502 Wednesday, 14 October 2009
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Date: Friday, October 02, 2009 2:49 PM
Subject: Programs with Deborah Tannen, Richard Easton, Marjorie
Garber, and Judith Martin
Coming Soon to New York
THE SHAKESPEARE GUILD is pleased to announce a series of programs that
will place the spotlight on award-winning actor Richard Easton and on
three prominent authors: bestselling linguist Deborah Tannen, Harvard
professor Marjorie Garber, and "Miss Manners" columnist Judith Martin
and her daughter Jacobina. They're taking part in the GUILD's popular
SPEAKING OF SHAKESPEARE series during a 2009-10 season that will also
feature a February 22 gathering with director, critic, and playwright
Robert Brustein and a May 17 chat with Columbia's James Shapiro, who
will talk about the arguments of those who doubt that Shakespeare could
have written the works attributed to him.
See the paragraphs that follow, and visit www.shakesguild.org for more
information. There you'll find an order form and a link to an
interactive online site that facilitates secure credit-card
transactions. In the near future you'll also find program updates,
including details about a Washington event with DEBORAH TANNEN on
Wednesday, November 18.
In the writeups below, the "Member" prices apply to those who belong to
THE SHAKESPEARE GUILD or THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING UNION. If you'd like to
join, or to renew an affiliation with, either organization, see the
Registration and Membership section at the bottom of this page.
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DEBORAH TANNEN
Monday, October 19, at 8:00 p.m.
NATIONAL ARTS CLUB, 15 Gramercy Park South
Members $25, Non-Members $30
Our guest for October will be a Georgetown linguist who's redefined the
way we think about conversation. DEBORAH TANNEN is most familiar for You
Just Don't Understand! This bestseller occupied the New York Times
nonfiction list for four years, eight months at number one. We're also
in Dr. Tannen's debt for such illuminating volumes as The Argument
Culture, I Only Say This Because I Love You, Talking from 9 to 5, and
You're Wearing THAT? She'll discuss and sign copies of You Were Always
Mom's Favorite! -- a new book that explores the relationships among
sisters. Drawing on scenes from Shakespeare as well as from everyday
life, this study is just as engaging as previous publications from one
of today's most influential observers. Dr. Tannen was featured last
month on ABC's 20/20 and NPR's Morning Edition, and she was also
interviewed by Deborah Solomon in the New York Times Magazine. Her
latest volume will be on hand for purchase at a discount, and Dr. Tannen
will be more than happy to inscribe copies for interested attendees.
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RICHARD EASTON
Monday, November 16, at 8:00 p.m.
NATIONAL ARTS CLUB, 15 Gramercy Park South
Members $25, Non-Members $30
Richard Easton won a Tony Award as poet A. E. Housman in the 2001
Lincoln Center production of Tom Stoppard's The Invention of Love. He
returned to the same venue in 2006 for Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia.
Other hits include the King in a Lincoln Center Henry V that starred
Kevin Kline as Falstaff, and Sheldon Mowbray in a Royal National Theatre
revival of Michael Frayn's Noises Off. Mr. Easton has appeared in most
of Shakespeare's plays, in many cases several times in various parts,
during a career that has featured associations with legends like Peggy
Ashcroft, Jeremy Brett, Sean Connery, John Gielgud, Alec Guinness,
Tyrone Guthrie, Katharine Hepburn, Jeremy Irons, Helen Mirren,
Christopher Plummer, and William Shatner. Moviegoers have admired him in
Kenneth Branagh's Henry V and Dead Again. They've also lauded his
performances in such recent films as Finding Forrester and Revolutionary
Road.
MARJORIE GARBER
Monday, December 14, at 8:00 p.m.
NATIONAL ARTS CLUB, 15 Gramercy Park South
Members $25, Non-Members $30
A popular Harvard luminary who's been described by the New York Times as
"one of the most powerful women in the academic world," Marjorie Garber
occupies the William R. Kenan Jr. chair in English and American
literature and heads two of the university's interdisciplinary programs.
Her many books include Shakespeare After All (which won Phi Beta Kappa's
2005 Christian Gauss Award), Profiling Shakespeare (2008), and
Shakespeare and Modern Culture (2008). She has appeared on PBS's Charlie
Rose show, and has been called "the liveliest, wittiest, and most
stimulating of writers about our culture." Renowned for provocative
titles such as Vested Interests: Cross-Dressing and Cultural Anxiety
(1992), Vice Versa: Bisexuality and the Eroticism of Everyday Life
(1995), Dog Love (1996), and Sex and Real Estate (2000), Dr. Garber will
reward SOS attendees with a fascinating conversation. Copies of one or
more of her recent volumes will be available for purchase at a discount,
and she'll be pleased to inscribe them.
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JUDITH MARTIN
Wednesday, January 13, at 8:00 p.m.
NATIONAL ARTS CLUB
15 Gramercy Park South
Members $25, Non-Members $30
Moving ahead to January, we're looking forward to another sprightly
book-length contribution from a journalist whose reporting at The
Washington Post included film and theater reviews before she created the
inimitable persona with whom she is most indelibly identified today.
She'll be joined by her daughter and co-author Jacobina, and the two of
them will talk about Miss Manners' Guide to a Surprisingly Dignified
Wedding. Among other things, their conversation with the GUILD's John
Andrews will touch on what goes right and wrong in the nuptial
ceremonies that occur in Shakespeare's plays. A frequent guest on
high-profile radio and television shows, JUDITH MARTIN is revered for
her syndicated column and for Miss Manners' witty counsel on everything
from "Civility" to "Eating," "Excruciatingly Correct Behavior," "Rearing
Perfect Children," and "The Right Thing to Say." But she's also a
novelist, with echoes of Jane Austen in titles such as Style and
Substance, and a memoirist who has delighted us with an evocative homage
to the world's most enchanting city in No Vulgar Hotel: The Desire and
Pursuit of Venice.
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REGISTRATION AND MEMBERSHIP
To register for one or more of these events, or to obtain details about
them or about other offerings by THE SHAKESPEARE GUILD or THE
ENGLISH-SPEAKING UNION, all you need to do is reply to this message or
make use of the contact details below. If you wish, we'll be honored to
supply you with copies of newsletters or other material from both
organizations.
John F. Andrews, OBE
President, The Shakespeare Guild
Advisory Council, ESU Washington
New Mexico Humanities Council
5B Calle San Martin
Santa Fe, NM 87506
Phone 505 988 9560 Fax 505 983 0806
www.shakesguild.org or www.esuwdc.org
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