ASV: SPRING 2025 CLASSES, COACHING, AUDITING, COST, SCHEDULE:

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TWELFTH NIGHT:

--via the beloved Zoom. Nobody has a bad word to say for this comedy. Come for the bear-baiting, stay for the music (and the love story).

KING LEAR--via Zoom. It embodies Shakespeare's unhappy observation that for the most part, human beings are incapable of learning anything, and that we would rather kill than learn. It's not a comedy.

THE TEMPEST--IN PERSON! That is, the class will be taught in person, not via Zoom. This is the last play Shakespeare wrote. He examines his own life, and ours. Nevertheless, it IS a comedy.

This fall's cycle will consist of SIX classes on TUESDAYS, 7-10:30PM organized around TWELFTH NIGHT,(via the beloved Zoom; end time approximate--BUT SEE THE NEXT PARAGRAPH) SIX ZOOM CLASSES on THURSDAYS organized around KING LEAR (also via ZOOM) and SIX classes on SATURDAYS, 2PM-5PM, organized around THE TEMPEST. Saturday's classes will be taught IN PERSON, LIVE, right here in Manhattan, at my own palatial apartment at 444 Central Park West (cross street 104th).

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Public service announcement: FOLGER which is very reliable has put the entire texts of all three plays on line; TWELFTH NIGHT is at https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/twelfth-night/read/, and the other texts:
KING LEAR is at https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/king-lear/read/
and
THE TEMPEST at https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/the-tempest/read/.
You can even download them to your computer (smartphone, Kindle, etc.). Only problem: these on-line edititions have no footnotes. But if you buy the very reasonably-priced Folger editions ($6.99 new but available used $1.91), you get excellent footnotes.

AUDITING

You may audit any one session of any of the classes you wish. You just have to let me know.

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COST

If you are brand-new student--that is, have never worked with me before--the cost will be $50/class, payable all at once (gasp!)or by the class. If you are a former student from no matter how long ago, you will pay the old rate. If you need a special payment plan, please discuss it with me.

If you want a private session with me it costs exactly the same as a class. If you've never taken a class it costs $75. If this isn't confusing enough, see RATES.

IN ANY CASE, IF YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE, YOU MUST RESERVE IN ADVANCE. PLEASE EMAIL ME delossbrown@prodigy.net or call me at (212) 865-1127, a landline. I have a special relationship with my cellphone: I hate it and it hates me.
I try to keep the class at a reasonable size, so that people can work on their monologues. I've had to extend class time by 1/2 hour to try to fit more monologues in. Last fall the class always ran over.

SCHEDULE

TWELFTH NIGHTand KING LEAR ARE BEING TAUGHT VIRTUALLY, OVER THE INTERNET. THIS STARTED DURING THE PANDEMIC BUT I'M CONTINUING IT FOR THE BENEFIT OF STUDENTS WHO LIVE OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY.

FOR THE TEMPEST, WE'LL MEET IN PERSON. I HAVE NEVER BITTEN A STUDENT.

TUESDAY 7-10:30PM TWELFTH NIGHT via the beloved ZOOM	THURSDAY 7-10:30PM KING LEAR via the beloved ZOOM	SATURDAY 2-5PM THE TEMPEST LIVE!---on the island (of Manhattan) at 444 CENTRAL PARK WEST.
Oct 14	Oct 16	Oct 18 LIVE!.
Oct 21	Oct 23	Oct 25
Oct 28	Oct 30	Nov 1
Nov 4	Nov 6	Nov 8
Nov 11	Nov 13	Nov 15
Nov 18	Nov 20	Nov 22

YOM KIPPUR is October 2^nd
ELECTION DAY is November 4^th.
THANKSGIVING DAY is November 27^th

Back to Acting Shakespeare's Verse.

ASV: SPRING 2025 CLASSES, COACHING, AUDITING, COST, SCHEDULE:

AUDITING

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COST

IN ANY CASE, IF YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE, YOU MUST RESERVE IN ADVANCE. PLEASE EMAIL ME delossbrown@prodigy.net or call me at (212) 865-1127, a landline. I have a special relationship with my cellphone: I hate it and it hates me.

SCHEDULE