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Play and Poetry Reading Series
Past Events
Rehearsed Table Readings | Renaissance Revels
Rehearsed Table Readings
2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003
Michael Olmert, Department
of English, directs undergraduates in rehearsed
table readings.
For additional information, contact Michael
Olmert
2007
Wednesday, September 26, 2007 from 3:45 pm to 6:00 pm
Rock 'n' Roll, by Tom Stoppard (2006)
The play covers the fall of Communism in Czechoslovakia, the so-called Velvet Revolution. It's also about Stoppard's friendship with the playwright and politician Vaclav Havel, and the general failure of Marxism in Europe between 1968 and the early 1990s.
1120 Susquehanna Hall
Wednesday, April 18, 2007 from 3:45 pm to 6:00 pm
Cressida, by Nicholas Wright (2000)
1120 Susquehanna Hall
Wednesday, April 4, 2007 from 3:45 pm to 6:00 pm
Fortinbras, by Lee Blessing (1992)
1120 Susquehanna Hall
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 from 3:45 pm to 6:00 pm
The Herbal Bed , by Peter Whelan (1996)
1120 Susquehanna Hall
Wednesday, February 21, 2007 from 3:45 pm to 6:00 pm
Bingo: Scenes of Men & Death, by Edward Bond (1973)
1120 Susquehanna Hall
2006
Wednesday, October 4, 2006, from 3:45 pm to 6:00 pm
The Rehearsal (1671) by George Villiers
1120 Susquehanna Hall
Wednesday, September 13, 2006, from 3:45 pm to 6:00 pm
Kafka's Dick, by Alan Bennett (1986)
1120 Susquehanna Hall
Thursday, March 2, 2006, from 3:45 pm to 6:00 pm
Sing Yer Heart out for the Lads, by Roy Williams (2002)
1120 Susquehanna Hall
Tuesday, February 14, 2006, from 3:45 pm to 6:00 pm
Agamemnon, by Aeschylus
1120 Susquehanna Hall
2005
Wednesday, December 7, 2005, from 3:30 pm to
5:30 pm
Great Creating Nature, by Michael Olmert (2005)
1120 Susquehanna Hall
Tuesday, September 6, 2005, from 3:30 pm to
5:30 pm
Talking to Terrorists, by Robin Soans (2005)
1120 Susquehanna Hall
Thursday, January 27, 2005, from 3:30 pm to
5:30 pm
The History Boys, by Alan Bennett (2004)
1120 Susquehanna Hall
2004
Thursday, October 21, 2004, from 3:30 pm to
5:30 pm
Shakespeare and Doctor Lopez, by Michael Olmert (2004)
1120 Susquehanna Hall
Thursday, September 9, 2004, from 3:30 pm to
5:30 pm
Translations, by Brian Friel (1980)
1120 Susquehanna Hall
Wednesday, February 25, 2004, from 3:30 pm to
5:30 pm
Invention of Love, by Tom Stoppard (1997)
A discourse on classical love lyric, on homosexuality,
on Victorian aesthetics and censorship, and on--staggeringly--the
nature of analytic bibliography (of all things). A.E. Houseman,
Oscar Wilde, Walter Pater, Benjamin Jowett, and John Ruskin
all join the fun.
1120 Susquehanna Hall
Wednesday, February 4, 2004, from 3:30 pm to
5:30 pm
Eastward Ho! by Ben Jonson (ca. 1605)
Deception! Social-climbing! Stupidity! Plus a voyage to
Virginia (sort of). A London goldsmith wants to marry off
his daughter. Will virtue and true-love survive? One of
the great "city comedies" of the 17th Century.
1120 Susquehanna Hall
2003
Wednesday, October 22, 2003, from 3:30 pm to
5:30 pm
A Laughing Matter, by April de Angelis (2002)
Dr. Johnson and David Garrick take Oliver Goldsmith in
hand to get "She Stoops to Conquer" produced.
A zany laugh riot! Plus everything you need to know about
18th Century England. With appearances by Hannah More,
Edmund Burke, Joshua Reynolds, James Boswell, and Peg Woffington.
1120 Susquehanna Hall
Wednesday, September 24, 2003, from 3:30 pm to
5:30 pm
The Roman Actor, by Philip Massinger (1604)
1120 Susquehanna Hall
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Renaissance Revels
2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003
In this informal series, undergraduates, graduate students,
and faculty gather to read assigned parts in rarely produced
early modern plays.
2007
October 9, 2007, 1:00 pm
Volpone, by Ben Jonson
Organized by Jasmine Lellock and Margaret Rice, Department of English
0135 Taliaferro Hall
2006
February 7, 2006
A Chaste Maid in Cheapside, by Thomas Middleton
Organized by Tim Crowley and Lara Crowley, Department of
English
0135 Taliaferro Hall
2005
November 29, 2005
The Knight of the Burning Pestle, by Francis
Beaumont
Organized by Tim Crowley, Department of English
0135 Taliaferro Hall
March 3, 2005
The Alchemist, by Ben Jonson
Organized by Meg Pearson, Erin Sadlack, and Brandi Adams,
Department of English
0135 Taliaferro Hall
2004
November 4, 2004
Tamburlaine the Great, by Christopher Marlowe
Organized by Meg Pearson, Erin Sadlack, and Brandi Adams,
Department of English
0135 Taliaferro Hall
May 13, 2004
Troilus and Criseyde, by Geoffrey Chaucer
Organized by Adele Seeff, Center for Renaissance & Baroque
Studies
0135 Taliaferro Hall
April 29, 2004
Shoemaker's Holiday, by John Dekker
Organized by Meg Pearson, Department of English
0135 Taliaferro Hall
April 22, 2004
Troilus and Criseyde, by Geoffrey Chaucer
Organized by Adele Seeff, Center for Renaissance & Baroque
Studies
0135 Taliaferro Hall
March 11, 2004
The Spanish Tragedy, by Thomas Kyd
Organized by Meg Pearson, Department of English
0135 Taliaferro Hall
2003
September 25, 2003
The Devil's Charter, by Barnabe Barnes
Organized by Brandi Adams, Department of English
0135 Taliaferro Hall
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