\n "Blue Planet Shakespeare: The Stage and the Sea" presented by Dr. Dr. Richmond Barbour\, Dept. of English. This le cture will detail a series of performances of Shakespeare’s Hamlet\n and Romeo and Juliet performed by the crews of English sailing vessels in 1607 and 1608.\n
\n\n Oregon State University Theatre hosts the second a nnual "Bard in the Quad" Lecture Series from July 16 - August 1\, 2008 to c oincide with the outdoor performance of Shakespeare's A Midsummer\n Night's Dream. The Lecture Series is designed to explore the lar ger artistic and academic issues presented by Shakespeare's work. The theme of the 2008 Lecture Series is "Visualizing\n Shakespeare: The Bard By Des ign" and will examine the ways in which directors\, artists\, social events \, and political institutions can influence modern performances of Shakespe are's work.\n
The lectures are free and open to the public\, take place each Wednesday and Friday evenings of the performance run (from July 16 - A ugust 1) at 6:00pm in Milam Hall Room 318 on the OSU Campus.\nThe lectures last approximately 1 hour and attendees are encouraged to leave the lecture s and then attend that evening's performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream. DTSTART:20080724T010000Z DTEND:20080724T020000Z X-OSU-ADDRESS:2520 SW Campus Way X-OSU-CITY:Corvallis X-OSU-CONTACT-DEPT:Speech Communication X-OSU-CONTACT-EMAIL:Angela.Weeks@oregonstate.edu X-OSU-CONTACT-PHONE:1 541 737 2853 X-OSU-COST:Free X-OSU-LOCATION:Milam Hall X-OSU-ROOM:318 X-OSU-STATE:OR X-OSU-SUBTITLE:"Blue Planet Shakespeare: The Stage and the Sea" LAST-MODIFIED:20080710T220932Z CREATED:20080710T220932Z DTSTAMP:20080710T220932Z CONTACT:Angie Weeks END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20080724T030000Z-20480@calendar.oregonstate.edu CLASS:PUBLIC SUMMARY:Bard In The Quad DESCRIPTION:\n 3rd Annual Bard in the Quad: A Midsummer Night†™s Dream by William Shakespeare\, adapted by Scott Palmer\n
\n< p>\n For the 2008 Oregon State University "Bard in the Quad" production\, director Scott Palmer has taken Shakespeare's most beloved comedy and place d it in the chaotic\, frenetic and highly stylized\n world of 1920's Silen t Film-Hollywood.\n\n\n A Midsummer Night's Dream features a cast o f more than 18 actors\, including the return of visiting artist Maggie Chap in (who played Beatrice in last year's Much Ado) as Bottom\, and new visiti ng\n artist Johanne Scoular as Helena. All of the actors will be playing r ecognizable icons of Hollywood's Silent Film Era (such as Rudolph Valentino \, Theda Bara\, Fanny Brice\, Charlie Chaplin\, Louise\n Brookes\, and Har old Lloyd) as well as performing in the highly structured style of silent f ilm actors of the era.\n
\n\n Tickets are $14 general admission\, $1 0 students and seniors\, and $7 for OSU students and can be reserved online at http://www.bardinthequad.org\, by phone at 541 737 2784 or purchased in person at\n the Memorial Union business office during normal business hou rs Monday - Friday. There will also be a box office facility open in the Me morial Union Quad starting at 7:00pm on each performance\n evening.\n
DTSTART:20080724T030000Z DTEND:20080724T050000Z RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20080727;INTERVAL=1;WKST=MO X-OSU-CITY:Corvallis X-OSU-CONTACT-DEPT:Speech Communication X-OSU-CONTACT-EMAIL:theatre.boxoffice@oregonstate.edu X-OSU-CONTACT-PHONE:1 541 737 2784 for tickets X-OSU-COST:$14\, $10\, $7 X-OSU-LOCATION:Memorial Union Quad X-OSU-STATE:OR X-OSU-SUBTITLE:A Midsummer Night's Dream LAST-MODIFIED:20080710T214910Z CREATED:20080710T214910Z DTSTAMP:20080710T214910Z CONTACT:Angie Weeks END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR