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THE MELBOURNE SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY
PROGRAMME: 2008

    READINGS     
Start: 1.00 p.m.
Venue: English Speaking Union
146 Toorak Road West, South Yarra   
 MEETINGS 
Start: 2.00 p.m.
Venue: St Francis Pastoral Centre
cnr. Elizabeth & Lonsdale Sts, Melbourne  
9 February Love's Labour's Lost 23 February Debate: 'Shakespeare: Poet/Playwright?
Better Heard Than Scene'

Moderator: Paul Roebuck
8 March Richard II 22 March

29 March

Easter - No Meeting

Speaker: Jason Freddi
Lyly and Shakespeare's Early Comedies
12 April Associated Reading
Sapho and Phao
John Lyly
26 April Venus and Adonis - An imaged Reading
10 May Sir Thomas More 24 May Speaker: Ann Blake
On King John
14 June King John 28 June Speaker: Ross Williams
On The Sonnets
12 July Romeo and Juliet 26 July 12.30 AGM
2.00 Meeting - Topic to be announced
9 August Associated Reading
Capulets and Montagues

Lope de Vega
23 August Topic to be announced
13 September Much Ado About Nothing 27 September Topic to be announced
11 October A Midsummer Night's Dream 25 October Topic to be announced
8 November Associated Reading
The Lady of Belmont
St John Ervine
22 November Topic to be announced
13 December The Merchant of Venice 20 December The President's Meeting
At our meetings, the main topic will usually be preceded by a short talk.
All these activities take place on Saturday afternoon
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