LAMDA Shakespeare Master Class

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2024 - 3:30PM-6:00PM 

WILSON HALL, ROOM 301

Please RSVP @ dartgo.org/masterclass

Rodney Cottier is the Associate Director at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art--the world's oldest drama conservatory. Rodney has 35 years of experience as a director and teacher of stage combat, acting, and text at LAMDA, where he has directed over 25 plays from Shakespeare's canon.  Rodney has worked at Shakespeare's Globe as Master of Fight choreographing several productions including Mark Rylance's Hamlet.

Rodney Cottier's Shakespeare Masterclass is interactive, stimulating, and barrels of fun! He takes students through a lively history of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre; explores questions of Elizabethan staging in contemporary performance; delves into Shakespeare's First Folio; and uses these discussions to approach Shakespeare's First Folio; and uses these discussions to approach Shakespeare's text by working select scenes from the complete plays, with special attention to either King Lear or Henry VI Part 3.

The lecture is free of charge, runs 2.5 - 3 hours, and is geared to all levels of experience. All are welcome! No special preparation is required, but if possible, participants can bring a copy of Shakespeare's complete works.