TALKING POINTS
YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA PRESENTS
Jupiter alone is king of the Romans. —JULIUS CAESAR (DIO, ROMAN HISTORY)
What did I do to you? Do you know right from wrong? —MOAMMAR GADDAFI’S DYING WORDS
JULIUS CAESAR
Be sure to remember: not how long was Caesar’s life, but how short his reign. —BRUTUS AND CASSIUS, IN A 44 BCE LETTER TO ANTONY
What is the best type of death for a man? An unexpected one. —JULIUS CAESAR (APPIAN, THE CIVIL WARS)
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE directed by ETHAN HEARD The noble title of “dissident” must be earned rather than claimed; it connotes sacrifice and risk rather than mere disagreement. —CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS, PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL
Virtue is…thinking our country’s interests to be foremost of all, our parents’ next, and then thirdly and lastly our own. —LUCILIUS, ROMAN SATIRIST
America can do whatever we set our mind to. —BARACK OBAMA, ANNOUNCING THE DEATH OF OSAMA BIN LADEN
—COMPILED BY BENJAMIN FAINSTEIN, DRAMATURG
2011–12 SEASON
The Studio Series productions are designed to be learning experiences that complement classroom work, providing a medium for students at Yale School of Drama to combine their individual and collective talents and energies toward the staging of new plays. Your attendance meaningfully completes that process.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9 AT 4PM FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10 AT 4PM AND 8PM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11 AT 4PM ISEMAN THEATER 1156 CHAPEL STREET