The Shakespeare Theatre Company's Classics in Context program explores playwright Christopher Marlowe in a discussion titled The Man of Fame.  This podcast features STC Literary Associate Akiva Fox; Jennifer Paxton, Medieval Historian, Georgetown University; and Professor Marshall Grossman, Expert Renaissance Literature, University of Maryland. This discussion was presented in conjunction with the Company’s Marlowe Repertory. Featuring productions of Christopher Marlowe’s Tamburlaine and Edward II, the Marlowe Repertory ran October 27, 2007, through January 6, 2008. 

Classics in Context explores the Shakespeare Theatre Company's production of The Taming of the Shrew in depth, as a literary text, a performance script and in production. Through the discussion, learn about production histories, social and cultural contexts, and approaches while examining the relevancy of the production in its own time and ours. Participants included:

Shakespeare Theatre Company Literary Associate Akiva Fox

Deborah Tannen, Professor of Linguistics, Georgetown University

Amy Froide, Associate Professor of History, University of Maryland Baltimore County

This production of The Taming of the Shrew ran from September 25 to November 25, 2007, at the Lansburgh Theatre (450 7th St. NW, Washington D.C.).