Strode – Sprockets and Springes

IF Spring 2016

Just a brief note about everything IF will be doing this spring: There will be a production of Aristophanes’ The Assembly Women, directed by Steve Burch, on March 25th at the Tuscaloosa Cultural Arts Center. The production will be part of “Women, Democracy, and the Ideology of Exclusion from Antiquity Through the Early 20th Century”, an international conferenceContinue reading “IF Spring 2016”

10 Things I Love About This Film

Here’s what Dr. Natalie Loper had to say about 10 Things I Hate About You, the first film in the Strode series this fall. The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare 10 Things I Hate About You is an adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew, which is one of Shakespeare’s earliest comedies and remainsContinue reading “10 Things I Love About This Film”

April 14th, Hudson Strode presents Caesar Must Die

Hudson Strode presents Paolo and Vittorio Taviani’s *Caesar Must Die* (2012) on April 14th, 2014 at the Bama Theatre. The film is set in a prison in Rome, where inmates rehearse for a prison performance of Shakespeare’s *Julius Caesar.* The screening is free and open to the public. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2177511/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_Must_Die

Terry Pratchett’s Wyrd Sisters!

Note that the venue has changed for these performances. Due to battiness and remodeling at Kentuck, we’ll be holding our 4/23 performance at the Strode Mansion (49 Cherokee Road, off Loop Road) and our 4/24 performance at the Greensboro Room. Free admission, though donations to the Save The Orangutans Fund are appreciated. The Librarian willContinue reading “Terry Pratchett’s *Wyrd Sisters*!”

IF presents Euripides’ Hecuba

Improbable Fictions presents a staged reading of Hecuba, Euripides’ other great tragedy about Hecuba and the women of Troy, written before Trojan Women, and taking place about three days after the events of the second play. A timeless and terrifying tale of loss, betrayal, and revenge by a group of powerless, voiceless prisoners after the cataclysmicContinue reading “IF presents Euripides’ Hecuba”