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Another conference announcement!!! Forwarded message: > From @vm.utcc.utoronto.ca:[log in to unmask] Sun Feb 28 15:12:10 1993 > Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1993 15:10:40 -0500 > Reply-To: "Thomas G. Bishop" <[log in to unmask]> > Sender: PERFORM - Medieval Performing Arts <[log in to unmask]> > From: "Thomas G. Bishop" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Ohio Shakespeare Conference 1993 > To: Multiple recipients of list PERFORM <[log in to unmask]> > > Cc: > Reply-To: [log in to unmask] (Thomas G. Bishop) > > The Ohio Shakespeare COnference for 1993 will take as its title > > "There the Whole Palace Open'd": Court and Society in Jacobean England > > The conference will be held in Cleveland under the joint sponsorship of > Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland State University. > > The proceedings will open 8 pm Thursday March 25th with a welcome and Plenar > y > Address by Prof Stephen Orgel and close after the Conference Banquet on > Saturday March 27th > > > The conference proceedings will be conducted at the Marriott-Society Center > Hotel in downtown Cleveland. > > The title expresses the conference's intent, which is to open up all the > relationships between the Jacobean court and the rest of Jacobean culture to > inquiry in all the relevant disciplines, by both scholars and practitioners. > Ben Jonson's masque "Oberon, the Fairy Prince" will be presented in CWRU's > elegant Excelsior Ballroom, and will provide a rich opportunity for conferen > ce > participants to experience a significant work in a genre almost never realiz > ed > on stage, in a production that will place equal emphasis on all the elements > of scene, dance, music, costume, speech and action. > > The program surrounding the production will include plenary addresses by > leading scholars in various departments of early modern cultural history. > Invited speakers are to be: > > Prof. Leeds Barroll, "Queen Anna and the Appropriation of the Masque" > Prof. Peter Holman, "Jacobean Dance Music" > Prof. Frtiz Levy, "The Return to Italy" > Prof. Stephen Orgel, "The Dream, the State, the Stage" > Prof. Annabel Patterson "Bevis was Believed" > > > Thirty papers and presentations besides will be offered, together with a > plenary discussion of the production of "Oberon" with the artists-profession > al > team responsible for the staging, including: > > Mr. Barrie Rutter (Stage Director) > Mr. Ken Pierce (Choreographer and Lead Dancer) > Mr. David Douglass (Music Director) > Mr E. Guy Hare (Designer, after Inigo Jones) > > > During the conferecne weekend Claire Bloom will be appearing in a one-woman > show on Shakespeare's women at the Great Lakes Theater Festival (216-241-600 > 0) > and a biracial production of "The Tempest" will open at Karamu House > (216-795-7070). > > > Interested parties should call the CSU Department of English (216) 687-3955 > or detach and return the form below. > > Hotel reservations (@ a special rate of $75 per night) should be made soon > at 1-800-228-9290, specifying Marriott-Society Center and Ohio Shakespeare. > > Conferees who plan to fly to Cleveland should consider taking advantage of > the cheap travel arrangement the Conference has with USAir: to arrange > low fares to the conference, call 1-800-334-8644 (8am-9pm EST) and obtain > reservations under Gold File Number 36940036 "Oberon" conference. > > The conference acknowledges sponsorship from USAir, the Cleveland Foundation > , > John Carroll University and Baldwin-Wallace College, as well as Case Western > Reserve University and Cleveland State University. > > We look forward to seeing you in March. > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > _ > > > Name________________________________ Institution_________________________ > _ > > > Address_____________________________________________________________________ > _ > > > I/We will attend the 1993 Ohio Shakespeare Conference. Number of persons___ > _ > > I enclose the conference registration fee of #75 per person > (Graduate students $25) Fee includes tickets and transportation to > "Oberon" admission to all conference sessions. > Amount ___________ > > I wish to reserve_____places at the Conference Banquet @$15 > > Amount ___________ > > I wish to pay by __ check (payable to Cleveland State University) > > __ Visa no.______________________ Expires______ > > __ Mastercard no._____________________ Expires __________ > > > signature __________________ > > > > > > -- > Tom Bishop "I saw the danger, yet I walked > Dept of English Along the enchanted way, > Case Western Reserve University And I said let grief be a fallen leaf > Cleveland, OH 44106.([log in to unmask]) At the dawning of the day." P.K. >