Shakespeare on Screen, 1990s Style: Shakespeare in Love
Event information
November 16, 2023
6:30 PM
Location
The Frick Art Museum Auditorium
Cost:
$15 non-members and guests, $10 members, $5 students.
Description:
Walk ins welcome!The 1990s movies that brought adaptations of Shakespeare into mainstream culture are a genre all their own – and many of them are just plain fun. Join us for an exploration of some of the best in our monthly series – we’ll bring the popcorn!
Gary Logan from the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama will give a brief intro for each film and host a quick group discussion afterward for those who are interested. For the July film, this will be done by Frick staff. Doors to the Museum will open at 6:30 p.m. and From Stage to Page: 400 Years of Shakespeare in Print will be open.
Captions will be on for each movie, and ASL interpretation will be provided.
The Frick follows the CDC’s recommendations based on Covid-19 transmission levels in Allegheny Country. If the level is HIGH at the time of the program, masks will be required indoors except when individuals are eating or drinking. If you have symptoms or have tested positive for Covid-19, please stay home.
Shakespeare in Love (1998) tells the tale of a fictional relationship between William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) and Viola de Lesseps (Gwyneth Paltrow), a young woman who poses as a man in order to star in one of the writer's plays. Suffering from writer's block, Shakespeare is in need of a new muse. He soon finds inspiration in the form of the beautiful female aristocrat, but her daring determination to act in his play puts their already forbidden relationship on even more dangerous ground. Runtime: 123 minutes.
Gary Logan is the author of The Eloquent Shakespeare (University of Chicago Press). Before becoming a Professor of Speech & Dialects for CMU's School of Drama, he was Director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company's MFA Program in Washington, DC, and presented Shakespeare annually at the Library of Congress.
Gary Logan is the author of The Eloquent Shakespeare (University of Chicago Press). Before becoming a Professor of Speech & Dialects for CMU's School of Drama, he was Director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company's MFA Program in Washington, DC, and presented Shakespeare annually at the Library of Congress.
