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Utah Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Brian Vaughn recently participated at the Aspen Institute in a seminar entitled The Artistry and Scholarship of Shakespeare: Reimagining Hamlet and the Wonders of the First Folios. Other participants in the seminar were Dr. Michael Witmore, director of the Folger Shakespeare Library; Jerry Murdock, co-founder of Insight Partners and trustee of the Aspen Institute; and Ken Adelman, vice president of Movers and Shakespeares and longtime friend of the Aspen Institute.
Below are several clips from the seminar, as well as a final one of the entire conversation. We hope you enjoy.
The opalescence of the play, Hamlet, and of the character himself
The Value Conflicts in Shakespeare: Love, Duty, Forgiveness
What can Millennials and Gen Z'ers derive from Shakespeare?
Exploring the complexities and different types of love revealed in Shakespeare’s plays
What is the greatness of Shakespeare’s Hamlet in a nutshell?
The growing need for poetry, history, and humanity
How do we address the historic frightfulness associated with Shakespeare?
Shakespeare’s kings and commoners are reflective of all society today
The complete conversation: The Artistry and Scholarship of Shakespeare
Suiting the Action to the Word: Investigating Hamlet
Theatre CSI—Dramaturgy and Creative Shakespeare Investigation
Classical Acting: Shakespeare, Sci-Fi, and the Universal Language of Rhetoric
Every Brilliant Thing—Production, Process, and Tour
Seeking Relevance in The Taming of the Shrew
Canon Fodder: An Actor’s Reflections on Performing All of Shakespeare’s Works
Finding the Funny in Tough Times: A History of Humor in Crisis
The Props Treasure Trove: A Peek into the Festival’s Prop Warehouse
The Magic Makers—A Conversation with the Festival Production Staff
Costume Design at the Festival
The Technical Director’s Approach to Scenic Design
Repertory Magic: Behind the Scenes of a Scene Change
Go!—Stage Management at the Utah Shakespeare Festival
The Artistry of Scenic Design
Bard Birds
Shakespeare’s Garden
Wool Shakespeare
The Bard of Avon
The History of the Festival
To Bee or Not to Bee
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Top photo: A scene from The Taming of the Shrew, 2015.