The Real World of Sherlock
Event – April 28, 2016
The Real World of Sherlock
a talk by
Professor B. J. Rahn
co-sponsored by
The Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes
Event – April 28, 2016
The Real World of Sherlock
a talk by
Professor B. J. Rahn
co-sponsored by
The Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes
Event – Thursday, April 14, 6:30 p.m. @The English-Speaking Union 144 East 39th Street, New York City
The King Under the Car Park:
The Search for Richard III
a talk by
Richard Buckley, OBE, PhD
To enter: Follow us on Twitter @ESUUSNational and re-tweet the competition post. The prize draw closes 04.07.2016. T&C apply.
News – March 10, 2016
With his performance of Angelo from Measure for Measure and his recitation of Shakespeare Sonnet 138, Abel Garcia, a student of Gabriel Silva at Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts in Manhattan, won the 2016 English-Speaking Union New York Shakespeare Competition.
Celebrating the Shakespeare400 legacy, the ESU New York Shakespeare Competition took place on March 10th on the stage of the Gilder Lehrman Hall at the Morgan Library & Museum, where twelve finalists from New York City area high schools (selected from among more than 70 contestants) competed. They presented selections from the Bard's works hoping to represent New York in the ESU National Shakespeare Competition on May 1-3, 2016 at Lincoln Center Theater and compete with winners of some 60 ESU competitions nationwide. Mr. Garcia received a cash prize of $200 from The Shakespeare Society and two tickets for a performance of Henry V at BAM.
News – April, 11, 2016 @ESU House
The ESU Players Present
a reading of
Monday, April 11, 2016
Announcement – March 11, 2016
Announcement – February 26, 2016
The semi-finals of the 2016 ESU New York Branch Shakespeare Competition were held this week at the New York Public Library in Bryant Park. The judges selected twelve high school students to advance to the finals (scheduled for Thursday, March 10th at The Morgan Library & Museum). For a list of this year's finalists, please click below to read the full story.
Event – March 14, 6:00-9:00 p.m.