Performing Arts - Theater
Time:
“We princes, I tell you, are set on stages”: Elizabeth I in Her own Words
Date:
2:00 pm
Great Plains Art Center
1155 Q St.
Lincoln Ne
Lincoln Ne
Directions: The Great Plains Art Museum is located at 1155 Q. St., directly across the street from the Lied Center at the corner of North 12th St. and Q St.
Contact:
Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program, (402) 472-3494
Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program presents a second performance of a play by Carole Levin with Tamara Meneghini and Bernadette Venters-Sefic. Co-sponsored with the Women’s Center. After the play, a discussion with the actors, playwright and Ilona Bell, Samual Fessenden Clarke Professor of English, Williams College, Author of “Elizabeth I: The Voice of a Monarch.”
The play takes place near the end of Elizabeth’s life as she looks back on important events that took place. Her lady-in-waiting provides lines from Shakespeare’s works that reflect on Elizabeth’s musings and stories. While written in Elizabeth’s words and covering a broad range of historical topics, Levin said the play is accessible to general audiences. This event is FREE and open to the public.
The play takes place near the end of Elizabeth’s life as she looks back on important events that took place. Her lady-in-waiting provides lines from Shakespeare’s works that reflect on Elizabeth’s musings and stories. While written in Elizabeth’s words and covering a broad range of historical topics, Levin said the play is accessible to general audiences. This event is FREE and open to the public.