SHAKESPEARE: GETTING DOWN ‘N DIRTY

Laura Wayth

DESCRIPTION: Shakespeare: Getting Down ‘n Dirty! We all know that Shakespeare wrote some of the most beautiful words about love ever written in the English language. But there’s a seamier side to the bard. His plays are full of sexual puns and metaphor, bawdiness, seediness and scatology. In this one-time lecture we will take a look at sex in Shakespeare’s time, and dig into the Elizabethan underbelly, as we get Down ‘n Dirty with Mr. Shakespeare. We will see that Shakespeare’s entertainment isn’t too much different than our popular tastes today. There will be something for everyone- Shakespeare novices and aficionados are all welcome to attend.


BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Dr. Laura Wayth is Assistant Professor of Acting at Florida Atlantic University (FAU). She has taught acting at the Universities of Miami and Wisconsin – Eau Claire. She has also worked internationally as a teacher and coach in Italy, Morocco, China, and at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. In 2002, she was a Fulbright Fellow in Moscow, where she taught Shakespearean text to the graduate actors of the Moscow Art Theatre American Studio. In 2011–12 she was a Senior Fulbright Scholar in Romania. She received her MFA from the American Repertory Theatre Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University and the Moscow Art Theatre School Institute in Russia.