Lex-Ham Community Theater

Shakespeare Reading Series

The Lexington-Hamline Community Theater is sponsoring a reading series of the plays by William Shakespeare.  The readings are held in homes, are quite informal, and include a pot-luck supper.  Anyone who has an interest in Shakespeare, young or old, is encouraged to attend one, some, or all the readings.

The next session is set for:
On March 9, 2012, at 1184 Portland Avenue, St. Paul, the play Troilus and Cressida will be read.
The play, The Merry Wives of Windsor, will be read on May 11, 2012.


Collage of photos from the play reading series
A few of the people who have come to the informal readings which start with a potluck supper

The format for each session is:

6:30 p.m., pot-luck supper
7:00 p.m., start reading.  The group will read the whole play during the evening.
 
No previous acting experience is required.
Each person is responsible for bringing a copy of the play.
Parts will be reassigned at the start of each scene so all those in attendance can have a chance to read. 

Shakespeare's plays in the series

Comedies Tragedies Histories

All's Well That Ends Well
As You Like It
The Comedy of Errors
Cymbeline
Love's Labours Lost
Measure for Measure
The Merchant of Venice
The Merry Wives of Windsor
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Pericles
Taming of the Shrew
The Tempest
Troilus and Cressida
Twelfth Night
Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Winter's Tale

 Coriolanus
Julius Caesar
King Lear
Othello
Romeo and Juliet
Timon of Athens
Titus Andronicus

King John
Richard II
Henry IV - part 1
Henry IV - part 2
Henry V
Henry VI - part 1
Henry VI - part 2
Henry VI - part 3
Henry VIII

Some good on-line references for Shakespeare are:

Reference Sites Theater Companies
Arden Shakespeare
Elizabethan Authors
Internet Shakespeare Edition
MIT's Shakespeare site
MIT's Shakespearean links
Shakespeare in Europe
Shakespeare Illustrated - Emory University
Shake-Sphere
SparkNotes.com - Shakespeare
Wholesale Costume Club Shakespeare resources

Shakespeare & Company

Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Royal Shakespeare Company
Stratford Festival of Canada
Washington's The Shakespeare Theatre

Call 651-644-3366 or contact theater@LexHamArts.org for more information.

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Last updated: 1/14/2012