Staged Reading of "Shakeshafte" by Rowan Williams
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You are invited to join the Shakespeare Project of Chicago for a special staged reading of a new play by Rowan Willams, a "fantasia" on the possible relationship between William Shakespeare and Edmund Campion.
Free and open to the public. Online registration is recommended but not required. Refreshments will be served. Sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute and the International House Global Voices Program. Persons with disabilities who may need assistance should contact the Office of Programs & External Relations in advance at 773-753-2274 or email HERE.
You can read about the Shakespeare Project of Chicago's previous performance of "Shakeshafte" at the Chicago Reader. More information about the play can be found HERE.
SCHEDULE
2:30pm Doors open, refreshments & reception
3:00pm Introduction, Professor Regina Schwartz (Northwestern University)
3:10pm Staged reading of "Shakeshafte" (with 15 minute intermission)
5:00pm Audience Q&A with cast and Professor Schwartz
5:15pm End
Rowan Williams was the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury, holding that office from 2002 to 2012. He is currently master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he teaches Theology. A noted poet and translator of poetry, Dr. Williams speaks or reads nine other languages, and has published books on a wide range of theological, historical, and political themes.
