From Page to Stage

Writers’ Theatre and select North Shore libraries present the fifth annual From Page to Stage program.

This comprehensive series of special events, lectures, readings and performances are designed to enhance and enrich your understanding of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead—Tom Stoppard’s comedic twist on Shakespeare’s great tragedy, Hamlet.

All events are FREE of charge and open to the public.

• EXPLORING 50 MINUTE HAMLET Date: October 20, 2009
  Time: 7:00 p.m.
  

  Highland Park Public Library
  494 Laurel Avenue, Highland Park
  847-432-0216 | www.hplibrary.org

  The Shakespeare Project of Chicago has adapted Hamlet into a 50-minute, two-actor production. The Shakespeare Project’s Artistic Director Jeff Christian, who adapted and directed the production, discusses the adaptation and rehearsal process, the resonant themes of the play and their experiences performing the piece. S Select scenes from the play will be performed, focusing on Hamlet’s relationship with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.

• KICK-OFF EVENT Date: September 15, 2009
  Time: 7:00 p.m.
  

  Glencoe Public Library
  847-835-5056 | www.glencoepubliclibrary.org
  This event will take place at Writers’ Theatre, 325 Tudor Court in Glencoe.

  From Page to Stage kicks off with director Michael Halberstam and actors Timothy Edward Kane and Sean Fortunato discussing how Tom Stoppard uses William Shakespeare’s Hamlet to create the world of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. Stay after the discussion to enjoy coffee and desserts to celebrate our annual literary event!

• TO BE OR NOT TO BE? READINGS FROM HAMLET Date: 08/31/2009 12:00 PM
  Time: 7:00 p.m.
  

  Lake Bluff/Lake Forest Public Library
  123 Scranton Avenue, Lake Bluff
  847-234-2540 | www.lakeblufflibrary.org

  Enjoy readings of select scenes from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, directed by Jimmy McDermott, former Associate Artistic Director of Writers’ Theatre, where he directed such hits as The Maids, The Frog Prince, The Puppetmaster of Lodz and A Christmas Carol.

• FILM VIEWING: ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD Date: September 22, 2009
  Time: 6:30 p.m.
  

  Deerfield Public Library
  920 Waukegan Road, Deerfield
  847-945-3311 | www.deerfieldlibrary.org

  In Tom Stoppard’s directorial film debut, Gary Oldman and Tim Roth are brilliant as unwitting players of a dazzling game of illusion and reality. Their tennis-match debates on probability, identity and death crackle with wit.

• FILM VIEWING: HAMLET Date: September 29, 2009
  Time: 6:00 p.m.
  

  Deerfield Public Library
  920 Waukegan Road, Deerfield
  847-945-3311 | www.deerfieldlibrary.org

  Winner of four Academy Awards, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling screen version of Shakespeare’s beloved play. Experience “the other side of the curtain” of Writers’ Theatre’s presentation of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead through this classic film adaptation of Shakespeare’s great tragedy.

• HAMLET REVISITED Date: October 1, 2009
  Time: 7:00 p.m.
  

  Northbrook Public Library
  1201 Cedar Lane, Northbrook
  847-272-6224 | www.northbrook.info/lib_index.php

  Dorothy Andries will discuss how Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are treated in various film adaptations by sharing film clips and offering insightful commentary. Ms. Andries is classical music and arts writer and a special studies instructor at the Chautauqua Institution in New York.

• ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD AS HAMLET INSIDE OUT Date: October 4, 2009
  Time: 2:00 p.m.
  

  Winnetka-Northfield Public Library
  768 Oak Street, Winnetka
  847-446-7220 | www.winnetkalibrary.org

  David Bevington, The University of Chicago Phyllis Fay Horton Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, will focus on aspects of Hamlet as told from the perspective of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, asking what the play would be like without them; looking at these two great plays as obverse sides of the same coin.

• FILM VIEWING: SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE Date: October 13, 2009
  Time: 6:30 p.m.
  

  Deerfield Public Library
  920 Waukegan Road, Deerfield
  847-945-3311 | www.deerfieldlibrary.org

  Tom Stoppard wrote this Oscar-winning motion picture that stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Judy Dench, Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes and Ben Affleck. This witty, sexy romp through 16th century London has Will carrying on a passionate affair with Lady Viola who is secretly and successfully impersonating a man in order to play the lead in his latest production!

• RE-IMAGINING SHAKESPEARE: FROM THE BARD TO THE ABSURD Date: October 7, 2009
  Time: 7:00 p.m.
  

  Glenview Public Library
  1930 Glenview Road, Glenview
  847-729-7500 | www.glenviewpl.org

  Join Robert Coscarelli, Professor Emeritus, College of Lake County as he brings the Bard to life and explores the legacy that inspired Tom Stoppard to write his absurdist comedy.