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Fall 2025 – Reinventing Comedy
Carnegie-Stout Public Library 360 W 11th Street, DubuqueTHE DUBUQUE SHAKESPEARE PROJECT at the Carnegie Stout Library, Dubuque, IA Fall 2025 REINVENTING COMEDY Comedy to the modern audience induces laughter as opposed to drama that evokes thought and focuses on human pain. Aristotle considered characters in a comedy to be inferior versions of human beings so audiences can laugh at them. Shakespearean comedies are tales that often include pain and suffering and feature a range of characters who represent humanity […]
The Making Of A Leader
Carnegie-Stout Public Library 360 W 11th Street, DubuqueShakespeare first gained notice with his early histories chronicling the Wars of the Roses. When he started work on the prequels that lay the historical basis for the Wars of the Roses ending in the short triumphant reign of Henry V, Shakespeare’s interests and talents had grown too big for any one genre. Though nominally histories, Shakespeare questions everything from the monarchy itself and delves deep into the qualities that seem to […]
Kick-off Event
Carnegie-Stout Public Library 360 W 11th Street, DubuqueJoin us to kick-off the Dubuque Shakespeare Project! Free and open to the public. Light refreshments provided. This event is meant for local Shakespear enthusiasts, arts leaders, educators, and anyone interested in learning more about the project and brainstorming ways to collaboratively make the Dubuque Shakespeare Project a community-wide celebration.