SHOWS

Shakespeare on Religion

Presented by University of Chicago Professor David Bevington

Sunday, March 15
3:00 PM — 4:30 PM
Chicago Cultural Center
5th Floor Washington Room
FREE

Shakespeare lived in a time of religious controversy. Recent attempts have been made to suggest that he was a Catholic, or at least Catholic sympathizer, and that Catholicism ran in his family. We have no essays from him. What do the plays and poems suggest? What about other hot topics, such as anti-Semitism and debate about Puritanism? How does he address his London audience on these important issues? How does he speak to us?