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The Tempest Seminar

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The Tempest is Shakespeare's last solo effort to bring the sprawling adventure story known as "romance" to the Jacobean stage. (It could be argued that his work on The Two Noble Kinsmen was a later, collaborative effort.) And as usual, with Shakespearean experimentation, the results are staggeringly beautiful and surprising. After three previous efforts-Pericles with an episodic classical tale centered on the adventures...

All levels 18 and older

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Speak the Verse: Intermediate

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In her Intermediate class, Rhona Silverbush continues to build on the foundation of her introductory class and teaches more advanced techniques. By learning to speak Shakespeare's language with fluency and power, participants gain a deeper relationship with Shakespeare's glorious work.

Intermediate 18 and older

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Speak the Verse: Introductory

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In this Introductory-level class, Rhona Silverbush, helps you learn to find and use the tools Shakespeare has given you to more fully experience the import of Shakespeare's language, as you also learn to speak Shakespeare's verse with confidence and pleasure.

Beginner 18 and older

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Ruth Carpenter Seminar: Henry IV, Pt. 2 & Henry V

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Following the seminar classes on Richard II and Henry IV, Part 1, Richard McCoy will complete his classes on the Henry history plays in anticipation of BAM's productions of the Henriad with the Royal Shakespeare Company this spring. The title page of Shakespeare's quarto edition of The Second Part of Henry IV promises to take us to the end of Henry IV's reign and Henry V's coronation. It also capitalizes on the popularity of "the humours of Sir...

All levels 18 and older

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Special Seminar: Thomas Ade's the Tempest

The Shakespeare Society @ 118 Baxter St, New York, NY

He will examine how Adès found musical equivalents for certain elements of the Shakespeare, most notably Ariel's speech and Prospero's magic, and how the libretto deviates drastically from Shakespeare's text. Matthew Aucoin will teach a two-course series focused on Thomas Adès's opera based on Shakespeare's The Tempest, a piece Matthew assistant-conducted this past season at the Metropolitan Opera. Matthew will also look at past musical settings...

All levels 18 and older

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