Four hundred years ago, Shakespeare asked the question “To be or not to be”. In modern day ‘lingo’, have you done a reality check lately? Why have classic Shakespearean language and words survived the down through the ages? It’s because we use language and words Shakespeare ‘invented’ or used on stage. Words such as “eyesore” or “unbelievable”. We speak words attributed to Shakespeare and are not aware of it.
According to our guest speaker this morning, Mr. Richard Garner, Oglethorpe University Producing Artistic director, Georgian Shakespeare, the philosophical musings and words of Shakespeare are alive and well today.
The Georgian Shakespeare Theater at Oglethorpe started in a tent on an athletic field in 1986, and is now in its 22nd season of production. But today, the performances are shown in an ultra modern air conditioned building that is state of the art. And the words and attitudes of Shakespeare live on; But why?
Mr. Garner surmised Shakespeare has survived because he was a “keen observer of the human spirit.” He was a “word smith” who understood how two people facing one another, would react in a certain set of circumstances; how they would explain themselves to one another, what would go on in their minds; their “sense of self recognition.”
Lantz Balthazar introduced surprise guest, Mr. Anthony Pinder, Morehouse facility advisor, who will help coordinate the circle K project at Morehouse College this year. Mr. Pinder is the Director of the Andrew Young Center for International Affairs at Morehouse. He is also a veteran of the Peace Corp, and world traveler.
“Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have immortal longings in me.”
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William Shakespeare, from Antony and Cleopatra
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