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Harvard Shakespeare Critic Defends Role of Humanities

Erica Boorstein  —  Nov 17, 2011

Prominent Shakespeare critic and Harvard Prof. Marjorie Garber, English and visual and environmental studies, said the humanities is often wrongly viewed as an accessory to education during a lecture Wednesday in the A.D. White House.

Shakespeare's Populist Productions

Daveen Koh  —  Aug 24, 2011

Daveen Koh checks out the traditional, faithful productions of As You Like It and A Midsummer Night's Dream put on this summer by the Ithaca Shakespeare Company.

When Metaphors Get Angry

Emily Greenberg  —  Jan 25, 2011

The political use and consequences of metaphor.

An Audience at Play

Jeff Stein  —  Nov 16, 2010

The Ithaca Shakespeare Company has revamped The Knight of the Burning Pestle, and in true Shakespearian fashion the group includes, confuses and complicates the audience's relationship to the work itself.

An Audience at Play

Jeff Stein  —  Nov 16, 2010

Ithaca Shakespeare Company presents The Knight of the Burning Pestle, a revamped version of Beaumont's original. The group confuses, comments on and complicates the audience's relationship to the play, creating an inclusive and entertaining show.

What A Crazy Dream, Man

Jackie Lam  —  Mar 4, 2010

No Fear Shakespeare is a Spark Notes series that everyone recognizes as the savior that translates the alien Shakespearean tongue into modern English. Better than the study aid, the Big Red Shakespeare Troupe proved to the audience in their ’60s rendition of A Midsummer Night’s Dream on Sunday that Shakespeare plays can be both accessible and enjoyable.

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