Shakespeare wrote his famous narrative poem Venus and Adonis in a lockdown era when, in 1593, the bubonic plague closed the theatres in London for 18 months. In Shakespeare’s poem Venus, the Roman ...

Narrators (L to R) Lise Bruneau and Tonya Beckman. Photo by Marcus Kyd. One Shakespearean tragedy of two lovers is read in every English class; the other is shockingly almost never mentioned. Taffety ...

Greg Doran, former artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company and celebrated Shakespearean, revives his acclaimed production of Venus and Adonis, Shakespeare's greatest narrative poem, for a ...

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(1593). Written by a youthful Shakespeare at the time that London’s theatres closed their doors in fear of the Plague. Venus and Adonis is an epic poem of wit and sensuous beauty. It tells the tale of ...

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Venus and Adonis offers a playful retelling of the Classical myth. Filmed at Chicago's North Avenue Beach, filmmaker Tom Palazzolo plays the handsome young Adonis who is seduced by Venus, the goddess ...

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