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Sublime and Dramatic | The Romantic Movement in Literature
From the late 18th to the mid-19th century, European artists, composers, authors, poets, and philosophers responded strongly to the rational thought of the Enlightenment by exploring and celebrating the sublime and dramatic in nature, metaphysics, and human emotion. The Spoken Word Society presents a four-week series of programs exploring this movement through performances, lectures and discussions.
Join us for an evening of the Sublime and the Dramatic as the Spoken Word Society’s Reader’s Theatre Troupe performs poetry and prose from authors and poets working in the Romantic movement. Featuring works by Keats, Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Charlotte Smith, Felicia Hemans, Emily Bronte, and Poe, we will journey through emotional peaks and valleys in a compelling evening of spoken word artistry.
The Spoken Word Society’s Reader’s Theatre Troupe features Jane Okma, Roxanne Farrar, Sally Boswell, Peter Stoehr, Christopher Marks, Michael Redmond, and Rich Harris. This performance is directed by Jane Okma and features musical underscoring and effects by David White.
Each individual attending in-person must register to reserve a seat. Do not list two people on one registration.
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