Eduard von Grützner’s Portrait of Falstaff
The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company will be hosting a “Pub Night” in Columbia Maryland. Which according to their web site:
“Pub Nights are informal discussion groups where we sit around a local establishment and discuss some aspect of Shakespeare or classical theatre. Led by CSC members and attended by both company members and members of the general public”
The theme is “Shakespeare in Love”. I know Shakespeare is considered one of the greatest romantic writers of all times, but “Shakespeare in Love”, makes me think of his comedies such as Much Ado about Nothing, or the Taming of the Shrew, which are amazingly hilarious takes on the lighter side of love. Here’s how I had discribed one of my favorite comedies, Twelfth Night:
” Everyone’s in love with someone, but that someone’s in love with someone else. And if you happen to be a woman dressed as a man, that get’s really confusing.”
Of course there’s the famously romantic side of Shakespeare found in the Sonnets, and plays like Romeo and Juliet where our lovers meet, dance, and fall in love, prompting me to write:
” I was dazzled by the way the words seem to dance and flow across the page keeping time with the music that you could almost hear.”
I have yet to go to a Pub Night as hosted by The Chesapeake Shakespeare company, so I’m definitely looking forward to checking it out tomorrow.
Here’s the link with more information:
http://chesapeakeshakespeare.com/pubnights.html
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Hosted by CSC Associate Director Jenny Leopold
March 10, 2010 7:30 PM
Bertucci’s in Columbia, MD
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