On September 14 the GUILD launched its 2009-10 SPEAKING OF SHAKESPEARE series at the NATIONAL ARTS CLUB with Adam Gopnik,
a New Yorker favorite. That program was followed on October 19 by a gathering with bestselling linguist Deborah Tannen. She was in the spotlight again November 18, when the GUILD collaborated with the ENGLISH-SPEAKING UNION and the PRINCETON CLUB OF WASHINGTON to present an evening in DC. On November 16 award-winning actor Richard Easton talked about a career that has included associations with legends like Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Sir John Gielgud, and Sir Alec Guinness. On December 14 Harvard's Marjorie Garber discussed Shakespeare and Modern Culture (2008) and other books. On January 13 and 19 the GUILD co-sponsored three events with the inimitable Judith Martin, who joined her daughter Jacobina for charming remarks about Miss Manners’ Guide to a Surprisingly Dignified
Wedding. On February 5 we conversed with director and writer Barry Edelstein of the Public Theater. On February 8 we joined THE PLAYERS for a staged reading of Mortal Terror, a new play by director and critic Robert Brustein. March features programs with WETA Washington's Around Town reviewers, with writer Lynne Olson, and with directors Curt Tofteland and Jean Trounstein. In April we'll spotlight an esteemed Othello, actor John Douglas Thompson. And in May Columbia's James Shapiro will offer his perspective on the real Shakespeare.
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