2005 "Shakespeare and the Arts" XIV

For 14 years, Clemson has celebrated the writings of William Shakespeare. This year, with the theme “Shakespeare and the Arts,” the festival takes a fascinating look at the ways the Bard’s writings have been interpreted in other art forms, such as dance and music. The festival is proud to welcome its new resident company Actors From The London Stage. Another festival first is the Petersburg Ballet Theatre’s presentation of Romeo and Juliet, while two prominent scholars will present research on Shakespeare, jazz, and film.

Workshops Colloquium Films Plays

Plays/Performances . . . Back to top

Dance:
Romeo & Juliet, St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre
Brooks Theatre, Brooks Center,
Monday, March 7, 8 p.m.

Drama:
Othello, Actors From The London Stage
Brooks Theatre, Brooks Center,
Wed.-Thurs., March 9-10, 8 p.m.

Films . . . Back to top

A Thousand Acres (1997), directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse
Bellamy Theatre, Brooks Center,
Sunday, March 6, 3 p.m.

King of Texas (2002), directed by Uli Edel
Bellamy Theatre, Brooks Center,
Tuesday, March 8, 8 p.m.

A Thousand Acres:
A Thousand Acres follows the saga of the Cook family, headed by the
patriarch, Larry Cook. Cook's kingdom is a thousand-acre Iowa farm
that he impulsively decides to distribute among his three daughters,
an act that divides the family. Long-guarded secrets and unspoken
rivalries are unearthed with profound, catastrophic repercussions.
The film stars Jason Robards, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jennifer Jason
Leigh, and Jessica Lang.

King of Texas:
Patrick Stewart brings his Shakespearean training to the Wild
West in the film The King of Texas. Stewart plays John Lear, an
aging cattle baron who sets his downfall in motion when he divides
his land and his loyalties among his daughters played by Marcia Gay
Harden, Lauren Holly, and Julie Cox.

Albert Hamilton Holt Colloquium . . . Back to top

"The Passion of the W: Provincializing Shakespeare, Globalizing Manifest Density
from King Lear to Sacred Cow(boy)s"
by Dr. Courtney Lehmann, University of the Pacific
View the Transcript of Dr. Lehmann's Lecture (pdf)
Bellamy Theatre, Brooks Center,
Wednesday, March 9, 2:30 p.m.

Courtney Lehmann is Associate Professor of English and Film Studies and Director of the Humanities Center at the University of the Pacific. She is an award-winning teacher and author of Shakespeare Remains: Theater to Film, Early Modern to Postmodern, as well as Co-editor, with Lisa S. Starks, of Spectacular Shakespeare and The Reel Shakespeare. Her current book project focuses on the intersection of Shakespeare, film, and feminism, as well as the politics of adaptation, which is the subject of her lecture at Clemson.

"Beards and Broadway: Shakespeare as an Unacknowledged Agent"
by Dr. Fran Teague, University of Georgia
View the Transcript of Dr. Teague's Lecture (pdf)
Bellamy Theatre, Brooks Center,
Wednesday, March 9, 4:00 p.m.,
Thursday, March 10, 2:00 p.m.

Frances Teague is the Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor of English and Affiliate Professor of Women's Studies at the University of Georgia. Her books include The Curious History of Bartholomew Fair, Shakespeare's Speaking Properties, and Bathsua Makin, Woman of Learning. Of late she has been investigating Shakespeare and American musical comedy, which is the topic of her lecture at Clemson. Related essays on this subject have appeared in Richard Burt's Shakespeare after Mass Media, Shakespeare Survey, and Borrowers and Lenders.

Panel Discussion Thursday, March 10, 2:00 p.m.:
Drs. Lehmann and Teague, and Actors from the London Stage

Workshops . . . Back to top

Classroom Visits Tuesday – Friday
Actors from the London Stage visit classes across campus

Charles Paz Memorial Workshop
Grades 7-12, Brooks Theatre,
Wednesday, March 9, 2005, 12:30 p.m.

This workshop is presented in loving memory of a local high school student who enjoyed the "Shakesperience" offered by Clemson's annual festival. Actors From the London Stage will teach participants the art of stage combat.