Greenwich Library announces the return of Dr. Mark Schenker with a new Playwrights Lecture Series, held in the Library Meeting Room. The final lecture in the series will be held on Thursday, May 10 on A Streetcar Named Desire.
For the third and final lecture in this series, Schenker will focus his attention on A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. The play, which tells the story of an aging Southern belle’s difficult relationship with her aggressive brother-in-law, was successful both commercially and critically. It opened in December of 1947 on Broadway and ran for over two full years, earning two Tony awards for the stage production and the 1948 Pulitzer Prize.
This lecture will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Meeting Room and is open to all at no charge, no registration required.
Schenker has been at Yale College since 1990. He is currently a senior associate dean of the College and dean of academic affairs. For the past decade he has given programs on Shakespeare’s plays in conjunction with Shakespeare on the Sound. In 2001, he received the Wilbur Cross Award for Outstanding Humanities Scholar, presented by the Connecticut Humanities Council.
For more information, please contact Matthew Sgritta at msgritta@greenwichlibrary.org or 203-622-7972.
