Institute of Continuing Education (ICE)
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In Shakespearean comedy, all problems appear to be resolved by the promise of marriage. Yet Much Ado About Nothing and A Midsummer Night’s
Dream expose tensions, variously depicting forced marriage, pharmaceutical subterfuge and elaborately contrived fictions of infidelity. We will explore what happens when comedy becomes uncomfortable, disturbing, or disruptive.
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