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"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none."
All's Well that Ends Well, Act i Sc. 2
The
monthly Speaking of Shakespeare programs are
a joint
venture of the Shakespeare Guild
and The National Arts
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PRESIDENT OF THE SHAKESPEARE GUILD: John F. Andrews
NATIONAL ARTS CLUB PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS: Ramona Bechtos, Marguerite Yaghjian
COMMITTEE: Shela Pearl, Andrea Bucher McAdams, Barbara Wortman
CONTACT: shakespeare@thenationalartsclub.org
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This program is dedicated to bringing actors, writers, directors, producers, critics and scholars to the National Arts Club in order to discuss the work of history’s greatest English writer, William Shakespeare, and his continuing impact. A main focus has been intimate discussions with great classical actors talking about Shakespeare in performance.
The idea of having a regular series of programs on The Bard evolved from the fortuitous meeting of NAC President Aldon James and John Andrews, President of the Shakespeare Guild founded in Washington, DC. While strolling by the club one day in 2001, John noticed the bas relief of Shakespeare on the exterior of our building. Acting on a whim, he called upon Aldon and found he was of like mind. The wheels were quickly set in motion and Shakespeare was welcomed to come inside.
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Upcoming Events
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The Golden Quill Presented to
F. MURRAY ABRAHAM
Monday, September 20, 6:30 p.m.
Black Tie
Members of the National Arts Club, the Shakespeare Guild,
the English Speaking Union &
their guests only.
Join actors Tom Hulce, Holly Hunter, Jerry Stiller, screenwriter Ethan Coen, authors Harold Bloom, Ray Bradbury, and James Shapiro, and other luminaries for a festive salute to F. Murray Abraham, one of the most versatile artists of our time. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of composer Antonio Salieri in the 1984 film Amadeus, for which he won an Oscar. Mr. Abraham is also admired for his stellar work in films such as Finding Forrester, Last Action Hero, The Name of the Rose, and Scarface. He was one of the stars of Mike Nichols’ celebrated Broadway revival of Beckett’s Waiting for Godot. In 2007, his riveting Shylock was the highlight of a Merchant of Venice that earned plaudits in Stratford as the culminating event of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s famous Complete Works Festival. A performer who has excelled in such Bardic roles as Bottom, Lear, Macbeth, Malvolio, and Richard III, Mr. Abraham has appeared twice at the White House. Meanwhile he has earned a loyal following not only for his work in TV hits like Law & Order but for his eloquence as the voice of Nature on PBS.
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Tickets are $125, $250 and $500, all but $85 of which will qualify as tax-deductable donations to the educational programs of the host organizations: the NAC, the Shakespeare Guild and the English Speaking Union. RSVP by 9/15 to (212) 475-3424. |
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| Previous Season's Guests |
2009 - 2010
Liev Schreiber (actor)
James Shapiro (author)
John Douglas Thompson (actor)
Jean Trounstine (author)
Curt Toftland (director)
Barry Edelstein (director)
Judith Martin (author)
Marjorie Garber (author)
Richard Easton (actor)
Deborah Tannen (author)
Adam Gopnik (author)
2008 – 2009
Aldon James (President, NAC)
Kenneth Ludwig (playwright)
F. Murray Abraham (actor)
Alvin Epstein (actor)
James Shapiro (scholar/author)
John Andrews (President, Shakespeare Guild)
and Barbara O’Dwyer Lopez (English Speaking Union)
Patrick Stewart (actor)
Edward Albee (playwright)
Jeffrey Horowitz (producer/founder TFANA)
2006 – 2007
Martin Platt (director)
Ron Rosenbaum (journalist)
Eleanor Bergstein (writer)
David Kastan (professor/author)
Roger Rees (actor)
Kate Forbes (actor)
Adam Gopnik (author)
Philip Goodwin (actor)
Alden & Virginia Vaughan (scholars/authors)
2005 -
2006
Michael Kahn (diector/producer)
Adam Gopnik (author)
James Shapiro (author)
F. Murray Abraham (actor)
Katherine Meisle (actor)
Barbara Romer (art historian)
Flora Fraser (author)
Jeffrey Horowitz (producer/founder TFANA)
Christopher Plummer (actor)
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2004 - 2005
Zoe Caldwell (actor)
Adam Gopnik (author)
Sir Harold Evans (author)
F. Murray Abraham (actor)
Lynn Redgrave (actor)
Robert MacNeil (author)
2003 - 2004
Richard Easton (actor)
Dana Ivey (actor)
Peter Shaffer (playwright)
Marian Seldes (actor)
Francine Segan (culinary historian)
Kevin Kline (actor)
Greg Daran (director)
Christpher Plummer (actor)
2002 - 2003
Bill Irwin (actor/author)
Jeffrey Horowitz (director/producer)
Henry Goodman (actor)
Simon Russell Beale (actor)
Roger Rees (actor)
Margot Harley (actor/producer/director)
David Schramm (actor)
2001-2002
F. Murray Abraham (actor)
Zoe Caldwell (actor)
Ben Cameron (president, Theatre Communications Group)
John Miller (biographer)
Speaking of Shakespeare has at times expanded its format,
as in January 2004 when it invited culinary historian/lecturer
Francine Segan to discuss the frequent references to food
in Shakespeare's plays, and at the same time, had NAC's
master chef Joseph Frappaolo prepare a special buffet
of Elizabethan and Jacobean dishes taken from Ms. Segan's
book, "Shakespeare's Kitchens." Shakespeare's
influence also spread to the Film Committee in the 2004-2005 season when that committee concentrated
its season on such films as Romeo & Juliet, Midsummer's
Night Dream and Julius Caesar |
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About the Shakespeare Guild
John F. Andrews founded The Shakespeare Guild in 1987 as a non-profit corporation that seeks to cultivate a larger audience for the poet long revered as the greatest writer in the English language. In 1994, the Guild inaugurated the Sir John Guilgud Award for Excellence in the Dramatic Arts. To learn more about The Shakespeare Guild see contact information as follows:
John F. Andrews. OBE
President, The Shakespeare Guild
58 Calle San Martin
Santa Fe, NM 87506
Phone: 505-988-9560 Fax: 505-983-0806
shakespeareguild@msn.com |
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