A Library for its Time: Collections Then and Now
4 October -- 21 December 2001
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library: Books known to have belonged to Yale in 1701 will be contrasted with the range of formats and subjects the Beinecke Library collects in 2001. Exhibition and accompanying publication prepared by Beinecke Library curatorial staff.
Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street
Cross Campus, 1:00 p.m.
In case of inclement weather, the ceremony will be broadcast at locations around campus.
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Kurt Weill: A Centennial Celebration
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library: An exhibition of musical manuscripts, biographical documents, and photographs documenting the life and career of the German-American composer, drawn from the Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya papers and prepared by Kendall Crilly, music librarian. In conjunction with the opening of this exhibition, the Yale College Opera Company will present three performances of Kurt Weill's short folk opera "Down in the Valley"; on October 20, 21, and 22.
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 121 Wall Street
Theater and Anti-Theater in the 18th Century
15 January --14 April 2001
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library: An exhibition of books, manuscripts, broadsides, and engravings documenting 18th-century controversies about the theater at Yale, in England, and abroad. Exhibition and accompanying catalog prepared by Vincent Giroud, curator of modern books and manuscripts at the Beinecke Library, in consultation with Joseph Roach, professor of English and Theater Studies.
Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street
Theater and Anti-Theater in the 18th Century
15 January --14 April 2001
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library: An exhibition of books, manuscripts, broadsides, and engravings documenting 18th-century controversies about the theater at Yale, in England, and abroad. Exhibition and accompanying catalog prepared by Vincent Giroud, curator of modern books and manuscripts at the Beinecke Library, in consultation with Joseph Roach, professor of English and Theater Studies.
Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street
The Way of the World
8 February --3 March 2001
Beinecke Library/Lewis Walpole Library/Yale School of Drama: This comedy by William Congreve is produced by the Yale School of Drama as part of Yale's Tercentennial celebration. Universally considered the finest comedy of manners ever written, this playful social satire skewers the courting rituals of the upper class. This opulent production promises a grand parade of schemers, fops, fools, and Brits behaving badly.
University Theatre , 222 York Street
Theatricality and Anti-theatricality in the Eighteenth Century
[Conferences/Concert]
16 February --18 February 2001
As part of a series of activities celebrating Yale's Tercentennial, the Lewis Walpole Library, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and the Yale Center for British Art - in cooperation with the Department of English, the Program in Theater Studies, and the School of Drama - are hosting an international conference on aspects of theater "and the anti-theater prejudice" in the eighteenth century. Fourteen scholars will share their perspectives on a wide-ranging paradox of eighteenth-century life (one that was locally manifest in the early history of Yale College): amid religious and moral attacks on the stage, and despite denunciations and persecutions, performances of all kinds not only endured but actually flourished.
The conference begins on Friday afternoon, February 16, with the Eighth Annual Lewis Walpole Library Lecture, entitled "Et in Arcadia ego: The Eighteenth Century of the 1920s," by Professor Terry Castle, Walter A. Haas, Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University. It concludes on Sunday, February 18, with a concert of eighteenth-century theater music performed by Margaret van Dijk and other distinguished artists. It also features a special performance of William Congreve's The Way of the World (1700) by the Yale Repertory Theatre and a brief staging of selected scenes from other Restoration plays - in fact, the very ones denounced most vociferously by Jeremy Collier in A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage (1698).
Two thematically related exhibitions are on view during the conference: The Spectacle of Painting: Theater and the Painted Image in Eighteenth-Century English Art, curated by Julia Mariari Alexander, Assistant Curator of Paintings and Sculpture at the Yale Center for British Art, and Theater and Anti-Theater in the Eighteenth Century at Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscript Library, curated by Vincent Giroud, Curator of Modern Books and Manuscripts at the Library, in consultation with Joseph R. Roach, Charles C. & Dorathea Professor of Theater at Yale.
The symposium is free and open to the public. Conference attendees may reserve complimentary tickets for the Saturday evening performance of The Way of the World. For Further information, call 860-677-2140 or e-mail walpole@yale.edu or view the web site.
February 16-18, 2001
Spectacle of Painting: Theater and the Painted Image in Eighteenth-Century English Art, curated by Julia Mariari Alexander, Assistant Curator of Paintings and Sculpture at the Yale Center for British Art, and Theater and Anti-Theater in the Eighteenth Century at Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscript Library, curated by Vincent Giroud, Curator of Modern Books and Manuscripts at the Library, in consultation with Joseph R. Roach, Charles C. & Dorathea Professor of Theater at Yale.
Yale University Art Gallery Lecture Hall, 1111Chapel Street
16 February 2001
Annual Lewis Walpole Library Lecture: "Et in Arcadia ego: The Eighteenth Century of the 1920s." Terry Castle, Walter A. Haas Professor in the Humanities, Stanford University. Followed by a reception at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and "A Short, Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage," selected scenes from Restoration plays, directed by Joseph R. Roach, Charles C. & Dorathea S. Dilley Professor of Theater, Yale University
4:00 p.m. Yale University Art Gallery Lecture Hall, 1111Chapel Street
Conference Plenary Sessions
9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Lecture Hall, Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel Street
Special performance of William Congreve's The Way of the World (1700)
8:00 p.m. Yale Repertory Theatre, Corner Chapel & York Streets
18 February 2001
Conference Plenary Sessions
9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lecture Hall, Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel Street
Manuscript Commonplace Books
23 July -- 29 September 2001
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library: An exhibition of British commonplace books of the 16th to the 19th century, drawn from the James M. and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection at the Beinecke Library. Exhibition and accompanying guide prepared by Earle Havens, graduate student in Renaissance Studies.
Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street
Heinrich Schütz to Henry Miller: Selections from the Frederick R. Koch Collection
Through --14 July 2001
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library: Musical, literary, and historical manuscripts from the Frederick R. Koch Collection. Exhibition and accompanying catalog prepared by Vincent Giroud, curator of modern books and manuscripts at the Beinecke Library. Free and open to the public.
Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street, New Haven, CT Mon - Fri 8:30 - 5:00, Sat 10:00 - 5:00
