Staging Shakespeare in a war zone
Shakespearean plays often include fight scenes, but theyre not usually produced in a war zone. Author Qais Akbar Omar has staged a play in Afghanistan and is coming to 窪蹋勛圖 to talk about it.
Omar will discuss his experience staging Loves Labours Lost in Kabul in 2005. The event is called Staging Shakespeare in a War Zone: Values and Consequences and is scheduled on Monday, Aug. 29, at the on the 窪蹋勛圖 campus.
A reception with light refreshments will begin at 5 p.m., and Omars presentation will start at 5:30. The event is sponsored by Friends of the CU Libraries and is part of the Shakespeare First Folio tour.
Parking will be available in the , on the corner of Euclid and Broadway in Boulder.
The author will sign copies of his book, , immediately following the lecture. This event is free and open to the public, but advance registration is encouraged.
For more information, contact Lisa Kippur, lisa.kippur@colorado.edu or 303-492-7512.
Omars appearance is one of several events coinciding with the First Folio tour.
, on tour from the Folger Shakespeare Library, will be open to the public at the August 9-31.
The First Folio is the first complete collected edition of Shakespeares plays, published in 1623, seven years after his death. Compiled by two of Shakespeares fellow actors, it preserves 36 of Shakespeares plays.
Without it, the world would not have 18 of those plays, including Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night, The Tempest and Antony and Cleopatra.
The First Folio itself will be opened to the most quoted line from Shakespeares Hamlet, to be or not to be. A multi-panel exhibition exploring Shakespeares impact, then and now, will be accompanied by digital content and interactive activities. 泭
The CU Art Musuem asks that visitors register for a viewing time.泭
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