The Awakening Art of Shakespeare. 24 October 2010

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THE STUDY SOCIETY, COLET HOUSE
OPEN SUNDAY MEETING - October 24th 2010
11am-4pm

The Awakening Art of Shakespeare
A workshop on Shakespeare and Advaita
With PHILIP MARVIN

Shakespeare's plays are consciously constructed vehicles through which we may come to a new understanding about ourselves. Their enactment of an outer drama is simply a magnification and reflection of the inner drama governed by law and love which we all experience.

In this workshop we will explore The Tempest, the last play Shakespeare wrote, barring some later collaborations. Key scenes will be enacted followed up by in-depth study in groups. Emphasis will be laid on the different levels of meaning that may be discovered and the hidden life of the play which can only be accessed by hearing the sounds and experiencing the rhythms of language in the present moment.

Philip Marvin is currently completing an MA dissertation at the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford and has run a very successful series of Day with Shakespeare seminars for the past ten years in which professional actors have performed and different study techniques have been experimented with. He has studied and attempted to apply the principles of Advaita philosophy over some 36 years. The inspiration behind the study of Shakespeare has always been the unity of the Self, the source of all great art and certainly the wellspring from which Shakespeare drew. It is to that eternal presence that his magical art may return the alert audience.

For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

Sonnet 29

Open to all.
If you have a copy of Shakespeare's The Tempest, please bring it.
Please bring food to share for lunch.