How have modern directors reimagined Shakespeare’s plays for the silver screen, and what kinds of meaning does the technology of film make possible?
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Prof. Karin Magaldi will explore how the technology of film has transformed our relationship with Shakespeare’s plays, sometimes competing with the primacy of live theatrical productions and sometimes inspiring stage adaptations to experiment, innovate, and modernize. Prof. Magaldi will be in conversation with Prof. Emerita Sue Brower from PSU’s School of Film.
Karin Magaldi is Director of Aditi Brennan Kapil’s translation of Shakespeare’s Measure For Measure for Shakespeare’s First Folio: 1623–2023, and also Professor of Theater, Head of the Theater Program, and Associate Director of the School of Music + Theater at Portland State University. She has directed Shakespeare as well as contemporary productions at PSU, and has served as dramaturg and director at Portland Center Stage, Artists Repertory Theatre, Portland Playhouse, Third Rail Repertory, Milagro Theater, and CoHo Productions. Karin is also a playwright.
This talk is free and open to all. Please register below.
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
7:30 p.m. PST
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This event is part of Shakespeare’s First Folio: 1623–2023, a public humanities project staged by Portland State University and other regional arts organizations from September 2023 through May 2024.