Featured News | March 18, 2014
Tom Empey, former Casper College theater instructor and Wyoming Arts Council board member, will return to Casper to co-teach “Shakespeare’s Jacobean Plays” with English instructor Patrick Amelotte, beginning Monday, March 24.
The course will mark the fourth time that the two have co-taught a class.
“I enjoy teaching Shakespeare with Patrick so much, that I agreed to do this one last time,” said Empey speaking from his home in Salem, Ore.
According to Amelotte, the seven-week, three-credit Casper College course will explore four plays written after King James I ascended the throne of England: “Measure for Measure,” “King Lear,” “Macbeth,” and “The Winter’s Tale.”
“The course is aimed at engaging student interest and increasing their appreciation of Shakespeare’s late plays,” said Amelotte. “The class will also include a study of films of performances of the above plays and two others written during the Jacobean years. In addition, the course will examine and respond to interpretations of actors, directors, and literary critics in order to arrive at a more complete understanding of the Jacobean plays, both as literature and performance,” Amelotte noted.
“Shakespeare’s Jacobean Plays” (ENGL/HUMN 2490 – Topics) will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
For more information or to register contact Casper College at 307-268-2100 or at caspercollege.edu.
The Wyoming Arts Council believes that experiencing the arts should be accessible for all, including people with mental and/or physical disabilities, older adults, military/veterans, people living in institutions and those who lack access to the arts due to geographic isolation, cultural difference and economic hardship.
