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Delve into the world of our plays. HAPGOOD by Tom Stoppard onstage now through October 14.
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Puzzles and Puns: Tom Stoppard’s Plays
Puzzles and Puns: Tom Stoppard’s Plays
How Stoppard uses illusion and wordplay to weave his narratives together
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Sep 24
The Writers with the Golden Gun: British Spy Novelists
The Writers with the Golden Gun: British Spy Novelists
When it comes to espionage and fiction, the British have a license to thrill.
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Sep 17
The Cold War: Arms and Espionage
The Cold War: Arms and Espionage
The weapons and intelligence race that fed a decades-long conflict
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Sep 11
“Should I be Mother?”: The Women of British Intelligence and HAPGOOD
“Should I be Mother?”: The Women of British Intelligence and HAPGOOD
The title character of Tom Stoppard’s play is a woman in a male-dominated profession. Meet her real-life counterparts.
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Sep 4
Artist Interview: Meghan Jones, Scenic Designer
Artist Interview: Meghan Jones, Scenic Designer
How do we fit pratfalls, soda sprays, and a sultry tango on one intimate stage in DON’T DRESS FOR DINNER? Ask the scenic designer.
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Jun 22
QUIZ: Choose Your Own (Farcical) Adventure
QUIZ: Choose Your Own (Farcical) Adventure
Create a mini farce of your own!
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Jun 18
Artist Interview: Fight Director J. Alex Cordaro
Artist Interview: Fight Director J. Alex Cordaro
Slaps, falls, and spills: choreographing the physical comedy in DON’T DRESS FOR DINNER
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Jun 11
Farce in America
Farce in America
A look at French farce and its place in American theater, film, and television.
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Jun 4
Georges Feydeau: The Father of Modern Farce
Georges Feydeau: The Father of Modern Farce
Marc Camoletti’s DON’T DRESS FOR DINNER is descended from master French farceur Georges Feydeau.
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May 29
French Farce and Commedia Dell’arte
French Farce and Commedia Dell’arte
Exploring the roots of DON’T DRESS FOR DINNER’s farcical hijinks in Italian comedy
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May 17
May Your Indulgence Set Me Free: Shakespeare’s Farewell
May Your Indulgence Set Me Free: Shakespeare’s Farewell
Charles McMahon on THE TEMPEST, its genre, and what it tells us about Shakespeare’s career.
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Apr 17
Artist Interview: Peter DeLaurier
Artist Interview: Peter DeLaurier
The actor, director, and longtime Lantern artistic collaborator discusses his role of Prospero in THE TEMPEST
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Apr 9
Brave New World: THE TEMPEST and Science Fiction
Brave New World: THE TEMPEST and Science Fiction
Shakespeare’s tale of discovery, learning, and strangers is at home in a galaxy far, far away.
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Apr 2
Shakespeare at the Crossroads of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
Shakespeare at the Crossroads of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
Though Shakespeare was writing during the Renaissance, his work owes much to medieval traditions.
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Mar 20
Shakespeare’s Tempests and the Sea Venture
Shakespeare’s Tempests and the Sea Venture
The real events that inspired Shakespeare’s shipwreck in THE TEMPEST. Plus: a Shakespeare quiz!
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Mar 12
British Exploration and THE TEMPEST
British Exploration and THE TEMPEST
William Shakespeare’s enchanted island was created at a time of exploration and discovery for Great Britain.
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Mar 5
The Race for the Bomb
The Race for the Bomb
The atomic bomb was conceived, developed, and deployed in less than a decade. How did the project move so quickly?
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Feb 6
The Fractured Physics Community
The Fractured Physics Community
Why did the collaborative community of European and American physicists scatter and disband in the years before World War II?
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Jan 30
Margrethe Bohr
Margrethe Bohr
The third electron in orbit around the center of Michael Frayn’s COPENHAGEN
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Jan 23
The Neuroscience of Memory
The Neuroscience of Memory
In COPENHAGEN, the characters struggle to identify the truth in their memory. How do our brains help — or hinder — that process?
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Jan 15
Bohr and Heisenberg
Bohr and Heisenberg
The partnership that changed physics — and the world — is at the heart of the Lantern’s production of COPENHAGEN.
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Jan 8
Theoretical Physics in COPENHAGEN: A Primer
Theoretical Physics in COPENHAGEN: A Primer
COPENHAGEN is a human story with the mystery of quantum physics at its center. Here is a brief primer on major concepts.
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Dec 29, 2017
The Psychology of the Art Forger
The Psychology of the Art Forger
THE CRAFTSMAN hinges on the question of art forgery. For many forgers, it’s about much more than money.
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Dec 4, 2017
Quiz: Can you identify the forgery?
Quiz: Can you identify the forgery?
THE CRAFTSMAN is a darkly ironic examination of authenticity. What defines the value of art?
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Dec 4, 2017
The Science of Art Authentication
The Science of Art Authentication
Art authenticity is a central concern in THE CRAFTSMAN. How are art forgeries identified, then and now?
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Nov 29, 2017
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