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Announcing Capital Classics Shakespeare Book Club Selections
The first Monday of each month from 6:30 to 7:45 pm at Noah Webster Library in West Hartford or via Zoom.
Announcing
Capital Classics
Shakespeare Book Club
2024-2025 / Season 11
The first Monday of each month from 6:30 to 7:45 pm at Noah Webster Library in West Hartford or via Zoom.
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For the 2024-2025 season of the Capital Classics “Shakespeare Book Club,” in this American election year, the theme of Power Plays & Players seemed an appropriate and timely examination of Shakespeare’s stories of the players of power and how the seats of power are exchanged. The season will examine 8 of Shakespeare’s plays that do so, some based on historical events and some taking place in imaginary worlds. All of them thoughtfully and powerfully reveal human behavior in those moments when power is gained, and lost!
These sessions are led by Capital Classics Co-Founder and Artistic Associate Geoffrey Sheehan. Mark your calendar for these lively examinations of Shakespeare's work. You do not need to have read the plays to enjoy the conversation (but it helps)!
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The Season’s Plays:
- October 7: The Tempest
- November 4: King Richard II
- December 2: Henry IV, Part 1
- January 6: Henry IV, Part 2
- February 3: Henry VI, Part 3
- March 3: As You Like It
- April 7: Timon of Athens
- May 5: Julius Caesar
Be sure to email info@capitalclassics.org or bard@westhartfordlibrary.org to be added to the Book Club invite list. That way, you can get the monthly event details and/or Zoom login information.
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