Theatre and Politics Today
Vanessa Redgrave

Film Screenings, Lectures And Symposium
5 – 10 February 2012

THURSDAY 9 FEBRUARY 2012, 4 – 6pm
Vanessa Redgrave Lecture: King Lear -
Shakespeare and Politics Today
followed by screening of The The Killing Fields (a documentary exploring the issue of land use and exploitation)
The Examination Schools, High Street

THURSDAY 9 FEBRUARY 2012, 9 – 11pm
Screening of The Fever (2004, dir. Carlo Nero), a psychological
drama based on the play by Wallace Shawn, introduced by
the film’s director Carlo Nero and Vanessa Redgrave with Q&A
to follow
The Examination Schools, High Street

FRIDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2012, 4 – 6pm
Vanessa Redgrave Lecture: Antony and Cleopatra -
Shakespeare and Politics today
The Gulbenkian Lecture Theatre, St Cross Building, Manor Road

FRIDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2012, 8 – 10pm
Symposium: Politics and Theatre with Vanessa Redgrave,
Ralph Fiennes and Guardian Theatre Critic, Michael Billington
The Examination Schools, High Street

FILM SCREENINGS (no booking required, more information online)
Sun 5 Feb Julia (1977, dir. Fred Zinnemann)
Mon 6 Feb Playing for Time (1980, dir. Daniel Mann)
Tues 7 Feb Anthony and Cleopatra (1974, dir. Jon Scoffield)
Weds 8 Feb King Lear (2008, dir. Trevor Nunn)
All events are free and open to all however booking is required for the
Lectures, The Fever and Symposium. For more information and free
registration, please visit: www.humanities.ox.ac.uk/events/humanitas

 

Vanessa can currently be seen starring in Ralph Fiennes’ directorial debut Coriolanus. During her film career she has starred in films such as A Man For All Seasons; Howard’s End; A Month By The Lake; Mrs. Dalloway and Atonement. She received an Academy Award in 1978 for her supporting role in Julia. Her scores of major roles on the stage most recently include recreating The Year of Magical Thinking at the National Theatre; Lady Windermere’s Fan at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket; The Tempest for the RSC at Shakespeare’s Globe and The Cherry Orchard at the Royal National Theatre. She starred on Broadway in the landmark 2003 production of Long Day’s Journey Into Night and more recently in Driving Miss Daisy.

Vanessa has been a UNICEF Goodwill ambassador since 1995 and is an active support of Amnesty International and ‘Liberty’. She was awarded the CBE in 1967.
HUMANITAS is a series of Visiting Professorships at Oxford and Cambridge intended to bring leading practitioners and scholars to both universities to address major themes in the arts, social sciences and humanities. Created by Lord Weidenfeld, the Programme is managed and funded by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue with the support of a series of generous benefactors, in collaboration with the Humanities Division of the University of Oxford.
The Humanitas Chair in Drama has been made possible by the generous support of Portobello Pictures.
www.humanities.ox.ac.uk/events/HUMANITAS

 

 

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