Cost and Registration Information

Early Registration Price (August 27 at 9 am** – September 13 at 4 pm): $220
Regular Registration Price (September 13 at 4 pm – first day of class): $242

** This class has been cancelled **

Members, seniors, and students get a 10% discount.

Seminar Description

At the end of his playwriting career, William Shakespeare wrote The Tempest—a play considered by some to be his farewell to the stage. In this seminar, we will read The Tempest and view video performances of the play while discussing its important themes—e.g., the use of power for the common good, the meaning of exile, the nobility of human existence when faced with the forces of nature, the deep pain that arises from betrayal, and the importance of forgiveness.

Five sessions. E - $220, L - $242

John Nygro is a Chicago-based lecturer, actor, and musician with a forty-year career in the arts. He has given talks at universities, libraries, arts organizations, and on the radio..

Materials List

Required:

• William Shakespeare, The Tempest. Oxford, 2008. ISBN: 978-0199535903

First Reading:

• For the first class please read Act One of The Tempest.

This class is part of the Newberry’s Adult Education Seminars Program. Learn more about our registration procedures.