Led by a team of university scholars, Pre•Ambles are half-hour lectures that provide insight into a Chicago Shakespeare Theater production. Each talk bridges the worlds of scholarship and performance, examining the play in its historical context and the interpretive choices made by the director and design team.

February 26, 2011

Michael Slater is currently completing his dissertation, "Allegory and Physics: The 'Literary-Scientific Revolution'" in the English Department at Northwestern University.

 
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January 28, 2011

Stephen Bennett is an adjunct faculty member in the English Department at Roosevelt University, where he teaches courses in writing, the English Renaissance, and literature surveys.

 
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January 22, 2011

Joanne Diaz is Assistant Professor of English at Illinois Wesleyan University, where she teaches courses in literature and creative writing.

 
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