1998 "Shakespeare and the Black Experience" VII

Why the 1998 topic for Clemson Shakespeare Festival VII, "Shakespeare and the Black Experience?" Have we fabricated an interest here? Many of Shakespeare's plays express an interest in disturbing topics of his own age that resonate in our time like anti-semitism and anti-feminism...(click here for more)
Workshops Colloquium Films Plays

plays/performances. . . Back to top

West Side Story, The Booking Group
(Musical), Feb. 19

Shakespeare: Da Good Stuff, ARMES Production Troupe
Feb. 20

Romeo and Juliet, The Acting Company
Feb. 21, 22

Measure for Measure, Shenandoah Shakespeare Express
Feb. 25, 27

Richard III, Shenandoah Shakespeare Express
Feb. 26

The Taming of the Shrew, Shenandoah Shakespeare Express
Tri-Art play for high school audience, Feb. 27

Macbeth, Clemson Little Theatre
March 6-8

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Romeo and Juliet, Baz Luhrmann
Feb. 18

Richard III, Ian Mckellen
Feb. 20

Looking for Richard, Al Pacino
Feb. 22

Othello, Laurence Olivier
Feb. 23

Othello, Laurence Fishburne
Feb. 24

Colloquium. . . Back to top

Four visiting Shakespeare scholars presented lectures and a panel discussion on the festival theme "Shakespeare and the Black Experience." Lecturers also introduced each professional performance during the festival with brief "informances" about the sources, genesis, and dramatic history of the text and its place in the Shakespearean canon.

"Black and White Othello's on Film"
by Herbert R. Coursen, University of Maine
Feb. 25

"Representations of Africans in Renaissance Art"
by Peter Erickson, Clark Institute of Art
Feb. 26

"Race and Gender in Shakespeare"
by Kim Hall, Georgetown University
Feb. 26

"Race and Gender Issues in Renaissance Drama"
by Joyce Green MacDonald, University of Kentucky
Feb. 27

WORKshops. . . Back to top

Shenandoah Shakespeare Express
Feb. 25, 26, 28

Paz Memorial Workshop
Shenandoah Shakespeare Express
Feb. 26