Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare
Speaker
Kim Keeline, PhD
Coordinator
Steve Clarey
This lecture is a preview of the performance of Measure for Measure at the Old Globe Theater. What makes a play a comedy? For Shakespeare it is not about being funny. A dark play about punishment, Measure for Measure is about a woman asked to prostitute herself to save her brother’s life. It’s ending will have you questioning everything. It’s dark and not a laugh a minute but intriguing.
Speaker Bio
Presenter: Kim Keeline has been in love with Shakespeare since seeing a play at the Old Globe Theatre when she was about twelve. When she is not volunteering as a steam train engineer at Old Poway Park, she writes mysteries and works as a freelance web designer, publicist, and literature and history lecturer. She has a PhD in English Literature from the University of Southern California. You can learn more about her at kimkeeline.com.
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