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<p class="" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Lucida Bright',serif">John Rampe at:<span style="color:rgb(112,173,71)"> </span>216-403-2318</span></p>

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<p class="" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'Lucida Bright',serif">How I Learned to Stop Fretting and Love the Bard</span></p>

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<p class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Lucida Bright',serif">In preparation for the exhibition of
Shakespeare’s First Folio at the Cleveland Public Library from June 20th to July
30th, 2016, the English Speaking Union, the Rowfant Club, The Hermit Club, and
the Cleveland Public Library is presenting a series of seminars for those who
are not necessarily students of Shakespeare but who want a better understanding
of and familiarity with the Bard.</span></p>

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<p class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Lucida Bright',serif">The first seminar will be presented this
Sunday at 2:00 PM.  Subsequent seminars
are scheduled once a month through April. 
All the Seminars will be presented at the Hermit Club, 1629 Dodge Court
(at E 15^th and Chester).</span></p>

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<p class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Lucida Bright',serif">The English Speaking Union is an
international organization dedicated to preserving the beauty and power of the
English language.  The Rowfant Club is
120 year old bibliophile club.  The
Hermit Club is an organization devoted to the performing arts.</span></p>

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<p class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Lucida Bright',serif">Four Sunday Seminars </span></p>

<p class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Lucida Bright',serif">The Hermit Club </span></p>

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<p class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Lucida Bright',serif">The corner of East 15th St and Chester
Avenue </span></p>

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<p class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Lucida Bright',serif">January 17, 2 to 4 pm.  Everyone in
London knew “the poet” but some very smart people don’t think he wrote the
plays that bear his name.  What was the
practical life of an actor and a playwright during the reigns of Elizabeth and
James?    What
was the make-up of his audience Presented by Neil Thackaberry, founder, Actors’
Summit Theater. Social hour afterwards.  </span></p>

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<p class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Lucida Bright',serif">February 14: 2 to 4 pm On Valentine’s Day,
we ask how did Shakespeare treat women? How do you handle romantic love and sex
on stage when, in order to keep the theater moral, the Protestants insist that all
the women’s roles be played by boys? 
Presented by Terry Burgler, Artistic Director of Ohio Shakespeare
Festival. </span></p>

<p class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Lucida Bright',serif">March 13: 2 to 4 pm <i>Romeo and Juliet</i> is “the two hour traffic of our stage. The actors must
speak rapidly so here’s your cheat sheet to keep up. How best to experience a</span><span style="font-family:'Lucida Bright',serif"> play
by Shakespeare. Presented by Kevin P. Kerns, Chair, Dept. of Theater at
University of Mount Union.</span></p>

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<p class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Lucida Bright',serif">April 10:  2 to 4 pm William’s mind.
How has the mind of Shakespeare, over the last 400 years, made a profound
difference in the way we all think? Shakespeare is an international figure and
his influence has and is being felt around the world. Presented by Phyllis
Gorfain, Professor of English Emerita at Oberlin College and Founder and
Director, Oberlin Drama at Grafton.</span></p>

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<p class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Lucida Bright',serif">Series for $80; or $25 per seminar. </span></p>

<p class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Lucida Bright',serif">Tickets can be purchased at the door.</span></p>

<p class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Lucida Bright',serif">To make Reservations or for additional information:
Cathy Fishbach, 216-952-0832; <a href="mailto:clfishbach@outlook.com">clfishbach@outlook.com</a>  </span></p>

<p class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Lucida Bright',serif">Mail Checks to: English-Speaking Union, 555
Burgess Circle, Aurora, Ohio 44202.  </span></p>

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