Shakespeare: Our Greatest and Most Timely Playwright: Two Tragedies and Two Comedies with Lynne Agress, PhD

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Lifelong Learning LogoCourse Title: Shakespeare: Our Greatest and Most Timely Playwright: Two Tragedies and Two Comedies 

Instructor: Dr. Lynne Agress, PhD

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January 27, 2025 - March 03, 2025 (6 Sessions)  

Monday,  6:30PM ET - 8:30PM ET  

Virtual via Zoom 

 

 

Course Description: In Dr. Lynne Agress's Shakespeare course, the class will read and discuss "Julius Caesar," "Troilus and Cressida," "Much Ado About Nothing," and "Merry Wives of Windsor."  They will analyze the main themes as well as the qualities that have made these plays relevant throughout the centuries and so special and timely today.

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ABOUT Lynne Agress

Lynne Agress, Ph.D., has taught at Johns Hopkins University, Smith, and Goucher Colleges, and the University of Maryland.  She was president of BWB-Business and Legal Writing, Inc. and still conducts writing and editing workshops for companies.  She is the author of THE FEMININE IRONY and WORKING WITH WORDS,  as well as numerous articles in magazines and newspapers.  For the past 10 years, she has been writing opinion pieces for THE BALTIMORE SUN.

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Starts:
Monday, January 27, 2025
6:30pm EST

Ends:
Monday, March 3, 2025
8:30pm EST

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