Steppenwolf Artistic Director Martha Lavey reads selected speeches by Elizabeth I, head of state and conspicuous consumer who kept her small nation afloat financially amid a context of military and political intrigue. Renaissance scholars Clark Hulse, UIC Graduate College dean, and Mary Beth Rose, director of the UIC Institute for the Humanities, provide context.

Presented by the Chicago Humanities Festival, in partnership with the Newberry Library.

Sunday, November 9, 2003, 1:00-2:00 p.m., at the Newberry Library.

For ticket information, visit http://www.chfestival.org.