Romeo and Juliet Affair: A Two Day Seminar on Text and Performance

Department: The Center for Early Cultures

Date and Time: June 25, 2014 - June 26, 2014 | 10:00 AM-4:30 PM

Event Location: Humanities Gateway 1002 (for seminar discussions) Claire Trevor School of the Arts (for second afternoon)

Event Details

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Designed as a working session for contributors to the Arden Critical Guide to Romeo and Juliet, this affair is also open to graduate students and members of the public interested in
the critical and performance history of Romeo and Juliet. Sponsored by w/Shakespeare, a multi-campus research group.

Wednesday, June 25

10:00: Greetings
Julia Reinhard Lupton

10:30: The play in performance
Ian Munro
Drama, UCI

11:30: Break

11:45: the play in opera and ballet
Joseph Campana
English, Rice University

12:45: lunch
Lunch served in room

2:00: The long critical tradition
Naomi Conn Liebler
English, Montclair State University

3:00: Break

3:15: The recent critical tradition
Rebeca Helfer
English, UCI

4:15: Break

4:30: Shakespeare | Joyce | Beckett
Beryl Schlossman
Comparative Literature, UCI

Thursday, June 26

10:00: coffee, breakfast, review
Julia Reinhard Lupton

10:30: New Directions 1
William N. West
English, Northwestern University

11:30: Break
11:45: New Directions 2
Robert Watson
English, UCLA

12:45: Lunch: Picnic in the Arts Plaza

2:00: Peformance workshop
Dr. Daniel Keegan, Ph.D. in Drama, UCI
CAC 3002 (in Claire Trevor School of the Arts)

3:00: Break
3:30-4:30: Rehearsal of Romeo and Juliet
Directed by Calvin Abbott MacLean
Studio Five, Claire Trevor School of the Arts.
Artistic director: Eli Simon.
(Parking: Mesa Structure.)

7:00 pm: closing reception: all welcome
28 Virgil Court, Irvine (home of Julia Lupton and Ken Reinhard)