BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20100217T000000 DTEND:20100224T000000 DTSTAMP:20100121T145758 SUMMARY:Murray Shakespeare Festival DESCRIPTION:Initiated in 2002, the Murray Shakespeare Festival seeks each year to bring high-quality, low-cost, live Shakespearean drama to the students and communities of the Jackson Purchase region. Shakespeare makes good reading but even better theatre. The plays were written to be acted, the words, to be heard; nothing can substitute for live performance of this greatest of playwrights' work. Hence, the foundation of each festival is the performance of two or three of Shakespeare's plays by a professional troupe. To open Shakespeare's work to a broader audience, the Festival also sponsors lectures, workshops, and adaptations. These help us to better understand the Bard within his own cultural, historical, and artistic context. During the last week of February 2010, The American Shakespeare Center On Tour (Staunton, Virginia) will present three performances of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and one performance of Francis Beaumont and John Fetcher's comedy The Knight of the Burning Pestle. The festival will also feature the following events: Wednesday, February 17 Opening Ceremony and lecture by Dr. Peggy Schrock (MSU Department of Art), entitled "From Portrait to History Painting to Narrative: How Shakespeare Helped Save English Art," 4:30-6:00 PM, Price-Doyle Fine Arts Room 623 Thursday, February 18 Lecture: Dr. Rusty Jones, "Wasn't it Ironic? The First-Night Fiasco of The Knight of the Burning Pestle," followed by a performance of Act One, scene one of Romeo and Juliet staged by Drs. Angi Hanan, Heidi Ortega (MSU Theater Department), and the MSU Fencing Club, 4:00-5:30 PM, Price-Doyle Fine Arts Room 623 Cinema International Film: Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet (with Olivia Hussey), 7:30 PM, Curris Center Theater Friday, Februrary 19 MSU English Student Organization Roundtable Discussion, 4:30-5:30 PM, Faculty Hall Room 208 Cinema International Film: Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet (with Olivia Hussey), 7:30 PM, Curris Center Theater Saturday, February 20 Cinema International Film: Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet (with Olivia Hussey), 7:30 PM, Curris Center Theater Sunday, February 21 Romeo and Juliet, Robert E. Johnson Theater, 7:00 PM, followed by an open reception (MSU Faculty Club) Monday, February 22 Lecture: Dr. Barbara Cobb, "Courting the Commoner in Romeo and Juliet," followed by a performance of Act One, scene one of Romeo and Juliet staged by Drs. Angi Hanan, Heidi Ortega (MSU Theater Department), and the MSU Fencing Club, 4:00-5:30 PM, Price-Doyle Fine Arts Room 623 Tuesday, February 23 Romeo and Juliet, 10:00 AM, Lovett Auditorium ASC Workshop, "Shakespeare in Your Mouth," 4:00-5:00 PM Knight of the Burning Pestle, 7:00 PM, Lovett Auditorium Wednesday, February 24 Romeo and Juliet, 10:00 AM, Lovett Auditorium ASC Workshop, "Shakespeare's Staging Techniques," 4:00-5:00 PM - Beginning in February, an array of Shakespearean objects of interest will be on display at Waterfield Library - Beginning in February, WKMS will broadcast sixteen radio segments entitled "A Minute With Shakespeare" written by Drs. Barbara Cobb and Rusty Jones UID:1165-532-2253 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR