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Please join us for the 2025 Kirk Davis, Jr. Public Shakespeare Lecture, Adapting Shakespeare's Measure for Measure. New Swan Associate Artistic Director Beth Lopes will talk about her innovative interpretation of Measure for Measure, produced by New Swan Shakespeare Festival in Summer, 2024.
What is a "problem play?" How do we transform a classic with care? How do we honor the original text while renewing a challenging story in dialogue with contemporary audiences? We'll answer these and other questions while reliving moments of New Swan Shakespeare Festival's 2024 production of Measure for Measure.
You can read more about our production and the value of creative adaption in this response by Saiham Sharif, New Swan Fellow, 2024.