For full information on exhibit programs, click on the dates.

The programs held at the Newberry Library are made possible in part by a grant from the Illinois Humanities Council, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Illinois General Assembly.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater audience enrichment programs are made possible, in part, by the Illinois Humanities Council and Kirkland & Ellis.

Rose Rage: Henry VI, Parts, 1, 2 and 3
September 18, 2003-January 18, 2004
Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Sponsored by

Power Politics and Sexual Intrigues Around the Virgin Queen: Elizabeth I and Her Courtships
Carole Levin (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
October 4, 2003, 11:00 a.m.
The Newberry Library

The Newberry Consort: In Queen Elizabeth's Court
Performances, October 2-5, 2003
Chicago, Oak Park, Evanston

Did Maps Really Matter to Elizabeth I?
Peter Barber (British Library)
October 23, 2003, 6:00 p.m.
The Newberry Library

Shakespeare Now: Shaping Shakespeare for a New Millennium
A Panel Discussion
Moderator: Jeffery Masten (Northwestern University)
October 27, 2003, 6:00 p.m.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Elizabeth I: Regina Speaks
Martha Lavey (Steppenwolf) reads selected speeches by Elizabeth I.
Presented by the Chicago Humanities Festival
In partnership with the Newberry Library
November 9, 2003, 1:00 p.m.
The Newberry Library

Elizabethan Privateering, Elizabethan Piracy
Robert C. Ritchie (Huntington Library)
November 13, 2003, 6:00 p.m.
The Newberry Library

Queen Elizabeth and Her Court
David Starkey (Cambridge University)
November 22, 2003, 11:00 a.m.
The Newberry Library

Twelfth Night
A Production of Shakespeare's Globe, London
November 26-December 14, 2003
Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Sponsored, in part, by

The English and the Others: A Symposium
Elizabethan England sought to find its national identity in a radically changing world. At the margins of society lived those who were left out of England's prosperous white, Protestant identity. This symposium will illuminate some of these groups and their complex, often misunderstood, role in shaping Elizabethan society. The symposium includes six talks and a panel discussion.
December 5-6, 2003
The Newberry Library

Shakespeare Then: Exploring Original Practice at London's Globe
A Panel Discussion
Moderator: David Bevington (University of Chicago)
December 8, 2003, 6:00 p.m.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Maneuvering by Mail: Elizabeth's Correspondence with James of Scotland and the Question of the Succession to Elizabeth's Throne
Janel Mueller (University of Chicago)
December 13, 2003, 11:00 a.m.
The Newberry Library

Elizabeth I - Movie Nights
January 6, 2004, 5:30 p.m., Fire Over England
January 8, 13, 15, 2004, 5:30 p.m., Elizabeth R (2 episodes per night)
The Newberry Library

Elizabeth I: New Knowledge, Old Mysteries
Clark Hulse (University of Illinois at Chicago)
January 17, 2004, 11:00 a.m.
The Newberry Library

The Newberry Library gratefully acknowledges the National Endowment for the Humanities and Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Haffner for their generous support of public programming. Major funding is also provided by Richard and Barbara Franke, the MacLean Family, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew W. McGhee, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew McNally, and McCormick Tribune Foundation.

Newberry Library
Center for Public Programs
60 West Walton Street
Chicago, IL 60610-7324

telephone: (312) 255-3700
fax: (312) 255-3680
e-mail: programs@newberry.org