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THE MELBOURNE SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY
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READINGS
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MEETINGS
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| 9 February | The Rape of Lucrece | 23 February |
Celebration of new books by Judith Rodriguez and Peter Groves - plus overview of 2013 programme |
| 9 March | Titus Andronicus | 23 March | Speaker: Sue Tweg The Italian Connection; with a look at Gascoignes Supposes and its influence on Shakespeare's Shrew |
| 13 April |
Associated Reading Supposes George Gascoigne |
27 April | Speaker: Alan Dilnot (Monash University; Dickens Fellowship) Will's Will |
| 11 May | The Taming of the Shrew | 25 May | Speaker: Peter Groves (Monash University; MSS) Shakespeare's Dreams |
| 8 June | Associated Reading Sap(p)ho and Phao John Lyly |
22 June | Speaker: Ann Blake (La Trobe University) on Love's Labour's Lost |
| 13 July | Love's Labour's Lost |
27 July | 12.30 AGM 2.00 Speaker: Vanessa O'Neill (Actor/teacher, Globe International Fellowship 2013) The Transformative Power of Shakespeare's Language [spoken aloud] |
| 10 August | Associated Reading Woodstock Anonymous |
24 August | Speaker: John Bigelow (Monash University) on The Sonnets (as we reach the end of our current cycle of Sonnet readings) To be confirmed |
| 14 September | Richard II | 28 September | Speaker: David McInnes (Melbourne University) on the Lost Plays Database Short talk by Tony Thomas on George Chapman |
| 12 October | Associated Reading All Fools George Chapman |
26 October | Speaker: Patricia Moynihan Shakespeare: speaking the Truth to power |
| 9 November | Romeo and Juliet |
23 November | Speaker: Peter Groves (Monash University; MSS) on Romeo and Juliet |
| 7 December Note: 1st Saturday |
King John | 14 December Note: 2nd Saturday |
The President's Meeting Miracle or radio play? Music, masque, mummers' play? Who can say? Our President may! |
| At our meetings, the main topic will usually be preceded by a short talk, book review and other cameos - items to be advised as they are scheduled. The feature items, and their order, for July to September may vary as speakers' schedules become known. All these activities take place on Saturday afternoon |
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