Reduced Shakespeare Company All The Great Books (abridged)
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Guests: Austin Tichenor from Reduced Shakespeare Company
Susanne Pari from Book Group Expo
Host: Kisten Brandt, San Jose Rep's Associate Artistic Director
1. Introduction
2. Suzanne Pari on Book Group Expo
3. Austin Tichenor on the history of the Reduced Shakespeare Company
4. What made you want to tackle the world's greatest books?
5. Have you noticed a reemergence of the classics within the book clubs?
6. Everyone has their opinion on what the top books are, how did you guys come up with your list?
7. Aren't historians and Shakespeare scholars upset?
8. How important is a knowledge of the classics when it comes to reading contemporary literature?
9. How do you go about reducing the work?
10. How do you tie the physical comedy in with the abridgement?
11. Your use of language is fantastic, especially your humor of malaprops.
12. Do you think people are becoming more well read, or can we do better?
13. How is the internet serving what both of you are doing?
Audience Q&A
1. The old San Jose Rep gift shop used to have comic book versions of the great books...
2. Have any of you read British History for Dummies?
3. What is the importance of visualization?
4. Young kids became "readers" with the Harry Potter series, did they continue to be readers after the series ended?
Closing Comments:
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