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EXHIBIT: SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY
“ILLUSTRATING SHAKESPEARE”
January 20–March 16
Library Hours: 10:00am–5:00pm Monday–Friday, 10:00am–noon
Saturday
U-M Special Collections Library, Hatcher Graduate Library, Room 711, 7th
Floor, U-M Central Campus between the Diag and South University Ave.
For more information call 734-764-9377.
This exhibit will highlight Shakespeare among the rich holdings of the
University Library’s Special Collections, providing a historical
overview of book illustration of scenes and characters from Shakespeare. Included are materials that emphasize the changing interpretations of the plays over the last 300 years, as well as the relationships between illustrations and dramatic text. Items range from the earliest illustrated edition of Shakespeare’s plays (1709), and engravings based on the Boydell Gallery of late 18th century paintings, to 20th century illustrations such as Salvador Dali’s “Macbeth” and Leonard Baskin’s “Titus Andronicus.” Emphasis is on changing interpretations over the last two centuries, exploring
relationships between illustration and dramatic text.
LECTURE AND RECEPTION
Friday, February 7, 4:00–5:30 pm
Nancy S. Reinhardt, curator of the exhibit “Illustrating Shakespeare,”
will talk about the major themes of the exhibit. A reception follows.
Reinhardt is a visiting associate professor in the University’s English Department and curator of Theatre, Film, and Television in the Special Collections Library. She has previously been assistant dean and rare-books bibliographer at Harvard University and head of Special Collections at Colby College. In addition to mounting many exhibits at both Harvard and Colby College, she has published articles on theater and book illustration and taught courses on English literature, theater, and book history.
GUIDED TOURS
Monday, March 3 and Thursday, March 6, 4:00pm and 5:00pm
Nancy Reinhardt and Special Collections staff lead guided tours of “Illustrating
Shakespeare.” Two tours starting on the hour. Fifty people maximum
per tour.
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