Tag Archives: Shakespeare

Improbable Fictions, Spring 2017

I’m pleased to announce the spring 2017 lineup for Improbable Fictions! We’re organizing a wide variety of events this semester, including workshops on Shakespearean appropriations and two separate staged readings, one of Shakespeare and one of the early modern Spanish playwright Pedro Calderon. For the first four events, we ask that you RSVP to nrhelms@ua.eduContinue reading “Improbable Fictions, Spring 2017”

Bechdellian Shakespeare

This Thursday! Readers Steve Burch Mark Hughes Cobb Alanna Fagan Erin Hildebrand Mark Hulse Annie Levy Bert McLelland Courtney Parker Deborah Parker Mary B. Prondzinski Will Ramsay Sarah Scarr Exa Skinner Matt Smith Elizabeth Thiel Directors Steve Burch Mark Hughes Cobb MK Foster Nic Helms Courtney Parker Deborah Parker Respondents Prof. Michelle Dowd, Hudson StrodeContinue reading “Bechdellian Shakespeare”

Shakesfilm: Richard Burton’s 1964 *Hamlet*

On Monday, August 22nd, at Tuscaloosa’s Bama Theatre, the Hudson Strode Program in Renaissance Studies presents Richard Burton’s 1964 *Hamlet,* the first film in our Shakespeare in Film Series for 2016-17. Film starts at 7:30pm, and the concession stand will be open.Free and open to the public! For more information about the film, visit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Burton%27s_HamletContinue reading “Shakesfilm: Richard Burton’s 1964 *Hamlet*”

Love’s Labour’s Lost, next week!

Back for its 14th season, Tuscaloosa’s The Rude Mechanicals will present Shakespeare’s comedy “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” 8 p.m. each night, June 1-4, in The Park at Manderson Landing; in case of rain, the show will move indoors to the Allen Bales Theatre, Rowand-Johnson Hall on the UA campus. Free admission. Live pre-show music begins atContinue reading “Love’s Labour’s Lost, next week!”

Lucky Number Seven

It’s hard to believe the life that Improbable Fictions has had thus far: twenty five separate staged readings since 2010, covering Shakespeare, Aeschylus, Euripides, Elizabeth Cary, and Terry Pratchett, readings that have drawn on actors and audience members from the University of Alabama and the community of Tuscaloosa. It’s my pleasure today to announce aContinue reading “Lucky Number Seven”

Strode presents Love’s Labour’s Lost

The Hudson Strode Program in Renaissance Studies presents its final film of the 2014-15 Shakespeare Film Series, Kenneth Branagh’s 2000 Love’s Labour’s Lost. Free and open to the public. The Facebook Event Love’s Labour’s Lost by William Shakespeare The King of Navarre and his three attendant lords make a pact to forswear women for threeContinue reading “Strode presents Love’s Labour’s Lost”

Hamlet tonight!

We’ve had some good press recently for tonight’s performance of Hamlet. Check out the articles in The Crimson White and The Tuscaloosa News. You don’t want to miss the show! Remember, it’s free and open to the public, and seats are available on a first come first seated basis. There will be a merchandise table in the lobby selling largeContinue reading “Hamlet tonight!”