03/27/2025
Our 4th and final session for "Classical Drama, Reimagined" takes place Monday, April 14 @ 5:30pm. This session, it's all about The Henriad, by William Shakespeare. Join us to explore the timelessness and contemporary adaptations of these history plays! Sign up for free via the link on our bio.
"There’s Something About the Henriad"
Shakespeare’s Second Tetralogy, often called the Henriad, are the most widely produced and adapted English history plays throughout the world. In this workshop, we’re going to ask a simple question — why? What is it about these medieval stories of kingship that still resonates, and why have marginalized artists found so much of their own experiences in this story of a prince? Alongside Shakespeare’s originals, we’ll consider two influential adaptations, My Own Private Idaho and El Henry in our search for answers to those questions.
New Swan Shakespeare Center and UCI's Ye Olde Theatre Eaters welcome you to Classical Drama, Reimagined, a public series of unexpected perspectives, open to all. Over the course of four sessions, our group will revisit and reinterpret such theatrical classics as Shakespeare’s Henriad, Romeo and Juliet, dramatizations of Greek myths, and Margaret Cavendish's The Convent of Pleasure. Co-led by Center guest scholar Neah Lekan and various UCI students, our studies and conversations will guide you through new and unexpected perspectives on beloved, familiar stories.
Graphic model: Brandon Ray Alba
