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The Marvelous Puppet Show: An Illuminated Lecture
Saturday, April 20, 2024, 7-9 PM
at First Congregational Church of Los Angeles in Shatto Chapel
In this illuminated lecture, Professor Barbara Fuchs addresses Miguel de Cervantes' surprisingly timely take on the trustworthiness of media. How does who we are shape what we see and believe? And how do the purveyors of media manipulate those distinctions?
In The Marvelous Puppet Show, the author of Don Quixote gives us a story of charlatans who con an audience of nervous villagers. For better or for worse, the short play invites us to become that audience. As it dissects the foibles of belief and belonging, Cervantes' uncannily prescient interlude poses uncomfortable questions for the here and now. This lecture interweaves scholarship presented by Dr. Fuchs with performances by actors from theatre dybbuk.
Tickets are $15 for general admission, $10 for students and seniors. Doors open at 6:30 PM. The lecture will be followed by a Q & A.
This event is being presented in partnership with Diversifying the Classics at UCLA and First Congregational Church of Los Angeles.
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The Merchant of Venice (Annotated), or
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Bringing together elements of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice with Elizabethan history and news from the 21st century, The Merchant of Venice (Annotated), or In Sooth I Know Not Why I Am So Sad takes a kaleidoscopic view of the ways in which members of a society displace their fears on the "other" during times of upheaval.
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