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SUMMARY:Queen Esther: A Heretical Play from Early Modern Spain
LOCATION:Rand Theater\, 151 Presidents Drive\, Amherst\, Massachusetts 010
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DESCRIPTION:A FREE SPECIAL EVENT:\nQueen Esther: A Heretical Play from Ear
 ly Modern Spain\nby Harley Erdman\nDirected by Aaron Henne\nNov. 18 at 4:
 30 p.m.\nThe Rand Theater\nFree\, no registration required\n\nIn this Ill
 uminated Lecture\, a form that weaves theater and music into an academic 
 lecture\, UMass Professor Harley Erdman\, with the support of five studen
 t actors\, shares his research on a play from 1613 that landed its playwr
 ight\, Felipe Godínez\, in jail for heresy. What made the play so dangero
 us to the Inquisition? Erdman delves into the playwright’s crypto-Jewish 
 background and shows how some extraordinary choices in the play might hav
 e held a hidden meaning for audience members who were of Jewish heritage 
 but forbidden from practicing their religion or expressing their culture 
 in public. Join us for an entertaining and memorable take on an academic 
 lecture\, on a fascinating subject.\n\nA co-production of UMass Theater a
 nd theatre dybbuk.\n\nThis event is made possible in part by Comparative 
 Literature\, the Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies\, and Span
 ish & Portuguese Studies.\n\nabout theatre dybbuk\nIn an era of short-for
 m videos and social media\, immediate response is often encouraged over m
 indful engagement. theatre dybbuk seeks to be a counter-cultural force by
  fostering a thoughtful relationship with the complexities present in our
  world. Through its original productions\, Illuminated Lectures\, and per
 formance events\, theatre dybbuk asks people to consider the various forc
 es at p\n\nhttp://next-to-u.app/events/818c9ba7-b416-4e7c-9152-a3a6905018
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