Playwrights with Mark Schenker: The Tempest By William Shakespeare @ Cole Auditorium

Mark Schenker of Yale College will present a three-part series this fall at the Greenwich Library on Emily St John Mandel’s Station Eleven, Romeo and Juliet, and The Tempest.
King Lear is one of several Shakespeare plays that explore the complexities of human life beyond the mere matter of subsistence.  Schenker included it in his series on Tragedy this past spring at the Library.  Continuing in that vein, he will turn for his second session to Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare’s first great tragedy, and he will conclude this third session of the series with The Tempest, one of Shakespeare’s last plays, which concerns, as does Station Eleven, a group of characters cut off from civilization. And like Mandel’s novel, it has an important character named Miranda.
For A Summary of The Tempest Click Here
This is the last installment of the Fall 2016 Lecture Series with Dr. Mark Schenker.
Mark J. Schenker has been at Yale College since 1990.  He is currently a senior associate dean of the College and dean of academic affairs.  A former lecturer in the English Department, he received his Ph.D. from Columbia University with a concentration in 19th-century and early 20th-century English literature. Dean Schenker has for over 25 years lectured on literature and film and has led book discussion series in more than 100 venues in Connecticut, including public libraries, museums, and cultural centers.  For the past decade he has given programs on Shakespeare’s plays in conjunction with Shakespeare on the Sound.  He also conducts monthly sessions for a number of private reading groups in Connecticut. In 2001, he received the Wilbur Cross Award for Outstanding Humanities Scholar, presented by the Connecticut Humanities Council.
Further Info: Matthew Sgritta (203) 622 – 7972 msgritta@greenwichlibrary.org