Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Shakespeare at The Old Globe
Speaker
Kim Keeline, Ph.D.
Coordinator
Mark Stadler
This two-lecture series previews the two
Shakespeare plays scheduled for The Old Globe
theater during the summer of 2025.
April 21: All’s Well That Ends Well
Love conquers all? Only with trickery and
manipulation, apparently. A woman loves a man
and must trick him into acknowledging their
marriage. Meanwhile, he’s off seducing others.
But it all doesn’t matter; whatever they do to get
there, at least All’s Well That Ends Well. This class
focuses on a Shakespearean comedy that can be
a bit uncomfortable for a modern audience and
on how marriage is the only ending point for a
Shakespearean comedy.
May 5: A Comedy of Errors
Two sets of twins. A shipwreck. Lost parents.
Mistaken identity. An outraged mistress. An angry
wife. Her confused sister. A necklace. Witches,
conjurers and lots of beatings and confusion. A
Comedy of Errors is Shakespeare’s shortest comedy
and it’s a farce in the old style of Italian comedies.
Everyone is running everywhere, and nobody knows
what is happening. In this class, you will learn about
fast-paced absurdity and how the errors are at
last solved.
Shakespeare plays scheduled for The Old Globe
theater during the summer of 2025.
April 21: All’s Well That Ends Well
Love conquers all? Only with trickery and
manipulation, apparently. A woman loves a man
and must trick him into acknowledging their
marriage. Meanwhile, he’s off seducing others.
But it all doesn’t matter; whatever they do to get
there, at least All’s Well That Ends Well. This class
focuses on a Shakespearean comedy that can be
a bit uncomfortable for a modern audience and
on how marriage is the only ending point for a
Shakespearean comedy.
May 5: A Comedy of Errors
Two sets of twins. A shipwreck. Lost parents.
Mistaken identity. An outraged mistress. An angry
wife. Her confused sister. A necklace. Witches,
conjurers and lots of beatings and confusion. A
Comedy of Errors is Shakespeare’s shortest comedy
and it’s a farce in the old style of Italian comedies.
Everyone is running everywhere, and nobody knows
what is happening. In this class, you will learn about
fast-paced absurdity and how the errors are at
last solved.
Speaker Bio
Kim Keeline has a Ph.D. in English
Literature from the University of Southern
California and has been teaching for twenty
years at universities and community colleges,
on Navy ships, and in various Osher programs.
She’s been in love with Shakespeare since seeing
a play at The Old Globe theatre when she was
about 12 years old. 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/history lecturer.
You can learn more about her at
www.kimkeeline.com.
Literature from the University of Southern
California and has been teaching for twenty
years at universities and community colleges,
on Navy ships, and in various Osher programs.
She’s been in love with Shakespeare since seeing
a play at The Old Globe theatre when she was
about 12 years old. 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/history lecturer.
You can learn more about her at
www.kimkeeline.com.
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