Shakespeare on Screens in the 21st Century

We watch Shakespeare in performance on a bewildering variety of screens, large and small, and through a range of delivery systems: streamed into movie theaters, translated into emoji via text message and Twitter, and filtered through the minds of hot-take provocateurs on blogs or vlogs. What is the significance of how and where we see the plays? What happens as they are transformed from three dimensions to the many kinds of two? Peter Holland, McMeel Family Professor in Shakespeare Studies and Associate Dean for the Arts at the University of Notre Dame, will discuss Shakespeare on screens in the 21st century. This event, free and open to the public, is cosponsored by Chicago Shakespeare Theater as part of the Shakespeare 400 Chicago festival. It coincides with the "Creating Shakespeare" exhibition on display at the Newberry September 23 through December 31.