Carnegie-Stout Public Library
Fall 2025 – Reinventing Comedy
Carnegie-Stout Public Library 360 W 11th Street, Dubuque, IA, United StatesTHE 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 […]
Much Ado About Nothing
Carnegie-Stout Public Library 360 W 11th Street, Dubuque, IA, United StatesTHE DUBUQUE SHAKESPEARE PROJECT at the Carnegie Stout Library, Dubuque, IA Fall 2025 REINVENTING COMEDY Much Ado About Nothing Much Ado About Nothing centers on two interconnected plots: the near-instant love of Claudio and Hero, and the witty antagonism between Beatrice and Benedick. Don John, the villain, attempts to disgrace Hero by fabricating evidence of her unfaithfulness, which leads to her public shaming. The other main plot involves friends tricking Beatrice and […]
As You Like It
Carnegie-Stout Public Library 360 W 11th Street, Dubuque, IA, United StatesTHE DUBUQUE SHAKESPEARE PROJECT at the Carnegie Stout Library, Dubuque, IA Fall 2025 REINVENTING COMEDY As You Like It As You Like It is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare about Rosalind, a clever young woman banished from court, who disguises herself as a man and flees to the Forest of Arden with her cousin Celia. In the forest, they encounter Rosalind's love interest, Orlando, who is also seeking refuge from his […]