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Events:
March 2001

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5. Prologue: A Royal Welcome
5. Michigan Radio Feature Report: A Look at the Plays
6. History of Theater
6. Michigan Radio Feature Report: A Portrait of David Oyelowo
7. Michigan Radio Feature Report: Staging the Histories for Today
8. Shakespeare on the Stage
8. Children Under Fire
8. Staging History: Shakespeare on Legitimacy and Rebellion
8. Staging History: Shakespeare on Legitimacy and Rebellion
8. A Taste of the British Isles
8. A Taste of the British Isles
8. Michigan Radio Feature Report: RSC Reaching Out to Michigan
9. Engendering History: Women, Gender and Shakespeare's History Plays
9. Public Panel Discussion: Engendering History: Women, Gender and Shakespeare's History Plays
9. Michigan Radio special program: Henry VI: What You Need to Know
10. Henry VI, part 1
10. Henry VI, part 2
10. Henry VI, part 3
11. From Jerkin to Jacket: Changing Styles in Shakespearean Costume Design
11. Keynote Interviews
11. Richard III
13. The Stage
13. The Stage
13. Design and Lighting
13. Fight Arranging with the Actors
13. Henry VI, part 1
14. Henry VI, part 2
14. Henry VI, part 3
15. Shakespeare on the Stage
15. The Musicians and the Composer
15. Staging History: Shakespeare on Legitimacy and Rebellion
15. From Jerkin to Jacket: Changing Styles in Shakespearean Costume Design
15. Richard III
15. Backstage Stories: How did they do that?
16. The Art of Acting and Directing Shakespeare
17. Henry VI, part 1
17. Henry VI, part 2
17. Henry VI, part 3
18. From Jerkin to Jacket: Changing Styles in Shakespearean Costume Design
18. The Actors
18. Richard III
19. Actors on Acting Shakespeare
20. English High Tea
20. Actors on Acting Shakespeare
20. Community Acting Workshop
21. Workshops with WSU Theater Department
21. Open floor with UM theater students and RSC actors
21. Send-off party


Event Details


5 March 2001

Prologue: A Royal Welcome
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Power Center Lobby

A gala UMS/UM reception celebrating the arrival of the RSC in Ann Arbor. Meet the Company. Preview the transformed House. Enjoy authentic ales, fine wine, and regal fare. 6:00pm: Opening Ceremony, with RSC Associate Director and Director of the Tetralogy, Michael Boyd; UM President Lee C. Bollinger, and UMS President Kenneth C. Fischer. Open to the public. $125 per person. RSVP by February 23: UMS 734-936-6837.


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5 March 2001

Michigan Radio Feature Report: A Look at the Plays
7:50 am and 4:50 pm

Michigan Radio Feature Reports - The RSC Residency, The Actors, The Production. Michigan Radio is WUOM 91.7 Ann Arbor, WFUM-FM 91.1 Flint, and WVGR 104.1 Grand Rapids.


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6 March 2001

History of Theater
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
3532 Frieze Building

UM Theater Professor Leigh Woods' class, with approximately 25 undergraduate students. (Clare Venables, RSC Director of Education.) Class focuses on the challenge of retrieving Shakespeare for modern audiences, and traveling with it between regions and countries. Open to the public for observation (seating limited to availability).


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6 March 2001

Michigan Radio Feature Report: A Portrait of David Oyelowo
7:50 am and 4:50 pm

Michigan Radio Feature Reports - The RSC Residency, The Actors, The Production. Michigan Radio is WUOM 91.7 Ann Arbor, WFUM-FM 91.1 Flint, and WVGR 104.1 Grand Rapids.


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7 March 2001

Michigan Radio Feature Report: Staging the Histories for Today
7:50 am and 4:50 pm

Michigan Radio Feature Reports - The RSC Residency, The Actors, The Production. Michigan Radio is WUOM 91.7 Ann Arbor, WFUM-FM 91.1 Flint, and WVGR 104.1 Grand Rapids.


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8 March 2001

Shakespeare on the Stage
10:00 am to 12:30 pm
UM Residential College (East Quad) Auditorium

UM Drama Professor Martin Walsh's class, "Shakespeare on the Stage," approx. 18 undergraduate students. (Simon Reade, RSC Dramaturg.) Class focuses on dramaturg's role, and the interplay of traditional history, Shakespeare's take on history, and this production's take on Shakespeare. Open to the public for observation.


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8 March 2001

Children Under Fire
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
220 Tyler, UM Residential College (East Quad)

UM English Lecturer Elizabeth Goodenough's literature seminar, "Children Under Fire," undergraduate interdisciplinary course on the literature of children and violence. (Simon Reade, RSC Dramaturg, and Sarah Esdaile, RSC Associate Director of the Tetr alogy [if available from rehearsal].) Class focuses on the problem of child kings and the death of royal children, as in the beginning of Henry VI, part 3, which sets in motion the Wars of the Roses. Open to the public (seating limited to availab ility).


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8 March 2001

Staging History: Shakespeare on Legitimacy and Rebellion
3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
UM Business School, Hale Auditorium

UM English Professor Ralph G. Williams' class, approx. 250 undergraduate students. (Simon Reade, RSC Dramaturg.) Session on Text and Script: Page to Stage, focusing on choices made for this production, and the implications of other choices in other productions. Open to the public for observation.


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8 March 2001

Staging History: Shakespeare on Legitimacy and Rebellion
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
UM Business School, Hale Auditorium

UM English Professor Ralph G. Williams class, "Staging History: Shakespeare on Legitimacy and Rebellion," approx. 250 undergraduate students. (Simon Reade, RSC Dramaturg.) Session on "Text and Script: Page to Stage," focusing on choices made for th is production, and the implications of other choices in other productions. Open to the public for observation.


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8 March 2001

A Taste of the British Isles
7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Zingerman's Delicatessen

Taste new products and cheeses as part of Zingerman's British Month. Hosted by members of the RSC and Simone Jenkins, Zingerman's Cheese Educator/Buyer. A collaboration with Zingerman's and UM Medieval and Early Modern Studies, as part of the Early Modern Colloquium. $15 per person. RSVP by February 28: UMS 734-764-2538.


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8 March 2001

A Taste of the British Isles
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Zingerman's Delicatessen

Taste new products and cheeses as part of Zingerman's British Month. Hosted by members of the RSC and Simone Jenkins, Zingerman's Cheese Educator/Buyer. A collaboration with Zingerman's and UM Medieval and Early Modern Studies, as part of the Early Modern Colloquium. $15 per person. RSVP by February 28: UMS 734-764-2538.

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8 March 2001

Michigan Radio Feature Report: RSC Reaching Out to Michigan
7:50 am and 4:50 pm

Michigan Radio Feature Reports - The RSC Residency, The Actors, The Production. Michigan Radio is WUOM 91.7 Ann Arbor, WFUM-FM 91.1 Flint, and WVGR 104.1 Grand Rapids.


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9 March 2001

Engendering History: Women, Gender and Shakespeare's History Plays
12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Rackham Building, Assembly Hall

Public Panel Discussion. Panel Chair: Valerie Traub, UM Associate Professor of English and Women's Studies. Panelists: Jean E. Howard, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University; Phyllis Rackin, Professor of English in General Honors, University of Pennsylvania; Peggy McCracken, UM Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literature. Discussants: Simon Reade, RSC Dramaturg; Sarah Esdaile, RSC Associate Director of the Tetralogy (if available). In collaboration with the UM Institute for Research on Women and Gender.


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9 March 2001

Public Panel Discussion: Engendering History: Women, Gender and Shakespeare's History Plays
12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Rackham Building, Assembly Hall

Panel Chair: Valerie Traub, UM Associate Professor of English and Women's Studies. Panelists: Jean E. Howard, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University; Phyllis Rackin, Professor of English in General Honors, University of Pennsylvania; Peggy McCracken, UM Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literature. Discussants: Simon Reade, RSC Dramaturg; Sarah Esdaile, RSC Associate Director of the Tetralogy (if available). In collaboration with the UM Institute for Research on Women and Gender.


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9 March 2001

Michigan Radio special program: Henry VI: What You Need to Know
8:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Featuring UM English Professor Ralph Williams and Michigan Radio Station Manager Donovan Reynolds. Michigan Radio is WUOM 91.7 Ann Arbor, WFUM-FM 91.1 Flint, and WVGR 104.1 Grand Rapids.


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10 March 2001

Henry VI, part 1
11:00 a.m.
Power Center

UMS provides Zingerman's box meals after Parts 1 and 2. Must be ordered in advance. Contact UMS 734-764-2538.


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10 March 2001

Henry VI, part 2
3:15 p.m.
Power Center

UMS provides Zingerman's box meals after Parts 1 and 2. Must be ordered in advance. Contact UMS 734-764-2538.


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10 March 2001

Henry VI, part 3
8:00 p.m.
Power Center


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11 March 2001

From Jerkin to Jacket: Changing Styles in Shakespearean Costume Design
1:00 p.m.
Hatcher Graduate Library, UM Special Collections Library (7th Floor)

Public lecture by Kathryn Beam, Curator of the Exhibit, Costuming Shakespeare's History Plays. Exhibit open 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. (see February 7). Open to the public.


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11 March 2001

Keynote Interviews
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Rackham Building, Auditorium

Introductions by UMS President Kenneth C. Fischer. 2:00 to 3:00: UM English Professor Ralph Williams interviews RSC Associate Director and Director of the Tetralogy Michael Boyd. 3:00 to 4:00: UM President Lee C. Bollinger interviews RSC Artistic Director Adrian Noble. Open to the public.


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11 March 2001

Richard III
5:00 p.m.
Power Center

Performance followed by post-show Q&A with actors (one hour), facilitated by Fiona Lindsay, RSC Education Staff.


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13 March 2001

The Stage
11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Power Center

RSC stage managers demonstrate how they work with the complicated set that transformed the Power Center. Led by Fiona Lindsay, RSC Education Staff. Open to the public. People may come to the complete event or individual sessions.


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13 March 2001

The Stage
11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Power Center

On-stage workshops with the RSC showing the practical process and creative collaboration of putting the production together. Led by Fiona Lindsay, RSC Education Staff. Open to the public. People may come to the complete event or individual sessions.


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13 March 2001

Design and Lighting
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Power Center

Features Tom Piper, RSC Set Designer, and Heather Carson, RSC Lighting Designer. Led by Fiona Lindsay, RSC Education Staff. Open to the public. People may come to the complete event or individual sessions.


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13 March 2001

Fight Arranging with the Actors
1:45 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Power Center

Features Terry King, RSC Fight Director, and RSC actors. Led by Fiona Lindsay, RSC Education Staff. Open to the public. People may come to the complete event or individual sessions.


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13 March 2001

Henry VI, part 1
8:00 p.m.
Power Center


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14 March 2001

Henry VI, part 2
3:00 p.m.
Power Center

UMS provides Zingerman's box supper in between plays. Must be ordered in advance. Contact UMS 734-764-2538.


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14 March 2001

Henry VI, part 3
8:00 p.m.
Power Center

UMS provides Zingerman's box supper in between plays. Must be ordered in advance. Contact UMS 734-764-2538.


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15 March 2001

Shakespeare on the Stage
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
UM Residential College (East Quad), Auditorium

UM Drama Professor Martin Walsh's class, approx. 18 undergraduate students. (Clare Venables, RSC Director of Education, and RSC actors.) Class focuses on coaching, discussion, etc. with students who have prepared scenes from Henry VI and Richard III. Open to the public for observation.


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15 March 2001

The Musicians and the Composer
2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Hatcher Graduate Library, UM Special Collections Library (7th Floor)

RSC musicians demonstrate how they create and compose music for the theater. James Jones (percussion, composer for the tetralogy); Edward Watson (percussion, sax, clarinet); and Keith Waterman (percussion). Open to the public.


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15 March 2001

Staging History: Shakespeare on Legitimacy and Rebellion
3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
UM Business School, Hale Auditorium

UM English Professor Ralph G. Williams class, approx. 250 undergraduate students. (RSC actors.) Class focuses on particular challenges of working with this tetralogy - e.g., the actors' process of arriving at their sense of character, personality, and significance. Open to the public for observation.


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15 March 2001

From Jerkin to Jacket: Changing Styles in Shakespearean Costume Design
6:30 p.m.
Hatcher Graduate Library, UM Special Collections Library (7th Floor)

Public lecture by Kathryn Beam, Curator of the Exhibit, Costuming Shakespeare's History Plays. Exhibit open 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. (see February 7). Open to the public.


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15 March 2001

Richard III
8:00 p.m.
Power Center


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15 March 2001

Backstage Stories: How did they do that?
9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Power Center

RSC technical team reveal how they organize and manage thirteen hours of theater and remain calm. Demonstration involving lighting, sound, make-up and stage management experts. Led by Fiona Linsday, RSC Education Staff. Open to the public.


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16 March 2001

The Art of Acting and Directing Shakespeare
4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
UM Alumni Center

With Sarah Esdaile, RSC Associate Director of the Tetralogy, and UM Theater Professor Leigh Woods. In collaboration with the UM Institute for the Humanities. Open to the public.


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17 March 2001

Henry VI, part 1
11:00 a.m.
Power Center

UMS provides Zingerman's box meals after Parts 1 and 2. Must be ordered in advance. Contact UMS 734-764-2538.


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17 March 2001

Henry VI, part 2
3:15 p.m.
Power Center

UMS provides Zingerman's box meals after Parts 1 and 2. Must be ordered in advance. Contact UMS 734-764-2538.


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17 March 2001

Henry VI, part 3
8:00 p.m.
Power Center


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18 March 2001

From Jerkin to Jacket: Changing Styles in Shakespearean Costume Design
1:00 p.m.
Hatcher Graduate Library, UM Special Collections Library (7th floor)

Public lecture by Kathryn Beam, Curator of the Exhibit, Costuming Shakespeare's History Plays. Exhibit open 12:30 - 4:30pm (see February 7).

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18 March 2001

The Actors
2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Rackham Building, Auditorium

Interview with RSC Actors and Sarah Esdaile, RSC Associate Director of the Tetralogy, facilitated by Fiona Lindsay, RSC Education Staff. Open to the public.


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18 March 2001

Richard III
5:00 p.m.
Power Center


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19 March 2001

Actors on Acting Shakespeare
11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
College Theater, Liberal Arts and Science Building (Room 175)
Washtenaw Community College

Workshop on Actors on Acting Shakespeare for WCC credit and non-credit classes focusing on the RSC Residency. (See February 20.) (RSC actors and Clare Venables, RSC Director of Education.) Open to the public for observation.


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20 March 2001

English High Tea
7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Detroit Public Library

English High Tea, using DPL's historic English silver service for the first time since the 1930s, in honor of the RSC Residency. Hosted by the Detroit Study Club. (RSC actors and Fiona Lindsay, RSC Education Staff.) For more information, contact Detroit Public Library 313-833-1000.


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20 March 2001

Actors on Acting Shakespeare
7:00 p.m. to 9:00pm
College Theater, Liberal Arts and Science Building (Room 175)
Washtenaw Community College

Workshop on Actors on Acting Shakespeare for WCC credit and non-credit classes focusing on the RSC Residency. (See February 20.) (RSC actors and Clare Venables, RSC Director of Education.) Open to the public for observation.


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20 March 2001

Community Acting Workshop
7:00 p.m. to 9:00pm
Performance Network, Ann Arbor

For professional actors in the area. (RSC actors and Sarah Esdaile, Associate Director of the Tetralogy. To participate, call Performance Network, 734-663-0696. Open to the public for observation.


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21 March 2001

Workshops with WSU Theater Department
11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Wayne State University

RSC actors; Sarah Esdaile, RSC Associate Director of the Tetralogy; and Fiona Lindsay, RSC Education Staff. Classes focus on a range of students and topics: e.g., graduate actors working on scenes; undergraduates working on text analysis or prepared monologues. Most sessions open to the public for observation, but seating is very limited. For more information, contact WSU Theater Dept., 313-577-3508.


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21 March 2001

Open floor with UM theater students and RSC actors
4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Frieze Building, Arena Theater

UM Theater Department Chair Erik Fredricksen. Open floor with UM theater students and RSC actors. Students who have memorized lines will receive coaching on voice, text and acting from RSC actors/voice coach. Open to the public for observation (seating limited to availability).


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21 March 2001

Send-off party
8:00 p.m.
Leopold's Brewery & Greenhouse, Ann Arbor

Send-off party for the RSC: community-wide event with members of the Company. Cash bar and snacks.


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