Symposia
Symposium III
Holding Up the Mirror: Authenticity and Adaptation in Shakespeare Today
Friday, April 22, 2011
New York, NY
Venue TBD
Join Theatre Library Association on April 22, 2011 for a fascinating day of presentations by the leaders of four of America's most celebrated theatre organizations:
- Oskar Eustis, The Public Theater
- Ralph Alan Cohen and Colleen Kelly, American Shakespeare Center
- Jeffrey Horowitz, Theatre for a New Audience
- Diane Paulus, American Repertory Theater
All these artists are renowned for the originality of their approaches to staging Shakespeare‘s works. But whether they seek to recreate historical performance conditions or adapt Shakespeare's plays in terms of contemporary culture and politics, these theatre practitioners all make use of the kind of documents and artifacts held in libraries and archives. Using performance excerpts, both live and on film, our presenters will show how theatre libraries and special collections can enrich the continuing vitality of Shakespeare on the 21st century stage.
The Symposium will take place in New York City. Registration will begin later this summer. Watch this page for more information as plans take shape. If you'd like to volunteer to help with arrangements and with coordinating the Symposium, contact Steve Kuehler, Chair of the Symposium Planning Committee
Past Symposia
Symposium II - Performance Reclamation: Research, Discovery, and Interpretation, February 16, 2007
Symposium I - Performance Documentation and Preservation in an Online Environment, October 10, 2003
Last updated: June 29, 2010