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Venus and Adonis
Venus and Adonis by W. Shakespeare
In 1593, an outbreak of the plague in London caused the city authorities to close all the public playhouses. Shakespeare set about what he would publish as “the first heir [sic] of my invention” – the poem Venus and Adonis with a plot based on passages from Ovid’s Metamorphoses. This is a rare occasion to hear some of Shakespeare’s most beautiful writing read aloud. An introduction will set the poem in context and there will an opportunity to join the perfor
In 1593, an outbreak of the plague in London caused the city authorities to close all the public playhouses. Shakespeare set about what he would publish as “the first heir [sic] of my invention” – the poem Venus and Adonis with a plot based on passages from Ovid’s Metamorphoses. This is a rare occasion to hear some of Shakespeare’s most beautiful writing read aloud. An introduction will set the poem in context and there will an opportunity to join the perfor
19.00
Tickets £10, £8 (concessions)
Tickets £10, £8 (concessions)
The Story Museum, 42 Pembroke St, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 1BP
Thu 30 Apr 2015
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