2151 - Shakespeare's "King Lear" and "The Tempest"
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Course Description
Instructor: Ross Friedman, MATwo plays about old men caught in storms as worlds collide around them and who come to insight as to what it is to be human through love, power and the loss of it, family, aging, forgiveness, and reconciliation. Shakespeare's greatest tragedy is "King Lear," and "The Tempest," primarily a comedy-romance, is in many ways his farewell to the theater. We will read much of both plays in class and class participation is encouraged though not mandatory. I look forward to reprising my roles as a bellowing old man, roles for which I am particularly well-suited
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