Ryerson University, downtown Toronto 1-2 February 2018
A two-day workshop on The Tempest, the histories of conversion and slavery, and Shakespeare’s theatre of freedom that culminates with an evening of theatrical and scholarly presentations, 7PM, 2 February. A collaboration of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, the Ryerson School of Performance, and the Early Modern Conversions Project (McGill University).
The Enchanted Island Before the Cell of Prospero
Artist: Henry Fuseli (Swiss, Zürich 1741–1825 London)
Engraver: Peter Simon (British, London ca. 1764–1813 Paris)
Members of the Workshop
| Actors
Ben Carlson…………..Prospero Deborah Hay………….Ariel Ruby Joy………………Miranda Antoine Yared…………Caliban Bogdan Markov………Ferdinand Aidan Gouvela………..Stephano Deivan Steele…………Trinculo |
Scholars
Patricia Badir Marie-Claude Felton Hannah Korell Noam Lior Elizabeth Pentland (Friday only)
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Organizers
Lois Adamson Peggy Shannon Paul Yachnin
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Director
James Wallis (Friday only) |
Schedule of work—all sessions in the Studio Theatre at Ryerson, enter at 345 Yonge Street, Toronto (corner Yonge & Gould)
Thursday, 1 Feb
12:30PM-6:00PM
everyone together (coffee break at 3:30; note that we can’t provide or have food in the Studio Theatre, so please grab lunch before the start of the workshop)
Friday, 2 Feb
9:30AM-12:30PM
all working together
12:30PM-2:00PM
lunch (everyone on their own)
2:00PM-5:00PM
actors and scholars work in separate groups to prepare for performance
5:00PM-6:30PM
dinner on your own
6:30PM
call
7:00PM-10:00PM
presentations of scenes from The Tempest interwoven with three-minute scholarly presentations
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