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Previous CAS Presentations
Jan 22, 2008
One Laptop Per Child: Technology and the Developing World
May 2, 2007
Serious Games: Video Games in Undergraduate General Education
February 15, 2006
The Pakistan Earthquake: A Wake-up Call for Mid-America?
January 27, 2006
CAS Forum on Critical Issues: Immigration
September 26, 2005
Katrina and Other Megacatastrophes: Science, Policy and Human Behavior
February 23, 2005
CAS Forum on Critical Issues: Reforming Social Security
February 17, 2005
Origins of a Networked World: From World War II to the Internet
November 16, 2004
Coole Lady
April 28, 2004
Hospital Tax Forum
October 3, 2003
Carlo Rotella
March 12, 2003
Sheldon Jacobson
February 5, 2003
George Gollin
December 5, 2002
Civil Liberty and National Security
October 7, 2002
Ania Loomba
February 28, 2002
Hans Heinrich Hock
January 22, 2002
Dianne Pinderhughes
November 5, 2001
Jean-Pierre Leburton
November 5, 2001
From Chaos to Pilgrimage
October 23, 2001
Donald Crummey
October 16, 2001
Globalization
August 29, 2001
Stem Cells
September 28, 2001
Bill Greenough
May 3, 2001
Dialogue on Toulouse-Lautrec
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Coole Lady
November 16, 2004
Tuesday, 7:30 pm
Knight Auditorium
Spurlock Museum
600 South Gregory, Urbana
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When Lady Gregory founded the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, with W. B. Yeats and Edward Martyn, she was fifty-two years of age and a confirmed member of the Anglo-Irish Ascendancy. As director of the Abbey Theatre, she embarked upon a remarkable personal transformation, socially and politically, emerging as a spirited defender of the Abbey's controversial plays and contributing a series of comedic one-acts to the Abbey's repertoire. She also took responsibility for the day-to-day running of the theatre, often under difficult circumstances. Most remarkably, she shifted politically from protestant unionism to cultural nationalism, alienating herself from her social class.
The Making of Lady Gregory: Co-founder of the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 1904
A lecture by Sam McCready, Professor of Theatre, University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
To be immediately followed by a performance of COOLE LADY
A one woman play written and directed by Sam McCready with Joan McCready as Lady Gregory of Coole Park
From her estate at Coole Park, Lady Gregory reflects on a life of service to her country, her family and her friends. She recalls times when she was the centre of Ireland's literary life and also those periods of personal tragedy lived in the midst of national struggle. Proud and indomitable on the outside, Lady Gregory reveals a passionate nature and a deep vulnerability that engages our sympathies. More than anything, the play is a story of survival and courage that touches the heart.
Cosponsored by:
Center for Advanced Study
Department of Dance
Department of Theatre
Program in Comparative and World Literature
Spurlock Museum
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