3/2 Shakespeare Reading W/ Chalfant Rescheduled For 3/18

Due to snow and travel conditions, the March 2 program did not take place.. It has been re-scheduled for Wednesday, March 18 at 7:30 p.m.

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts presents Kathleen Chalfant, Richard Easton, Philip Bosco, Harold Holzer "O, My Offense Is Rank": Lincoln's Favorite Shakespeare Speeches

Readings by Philip Bosco, Kathleen Chalfant, Richard Easton Commentary by Harold Holzer

POSTPONED TO WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2009, 7:30 P.M.
Bruno Walter Auditorium
111 Amsterdam Avenue (south of 65th Street)
Admission is free and on a first-come-first-served basis
This program is part of the series, Mystic Chords of Memory: Abraham Lincoln and the Performing Arts.

"I am not mad; this hair I tear is mine.
My name is Constance; I was Geoffrey's wife.
Young Arthur is my son, and he is lost!
I am not mad. I would to God I were,
For then 'tis like I should forget myself.
O, if I could, what grief should I forget!
-- from King John,by William Shakespeare

Abraham Lincoln was overcome by the lines above, which
called to mind his son Willie, who died age eleven. This program will also feature readings from Hamlet, Henry IV Part 1, King Lear, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, Richard III, and other plays.

Kathleen Chalfant.'s many theater credits include roles
in Angels in America, Racing Demon, and Wit (Drama Desk Award -- Best Actress). She is currently appearing in Washington, D.C. in Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance.
Philip Bosco's long career in the theater includes
Copenhagen, Heartbreak House, and Lend Me a Tenor (Tony Award -- Best Actor).
Richard Easton has appeared with the Royal Shakespeare
Company. He is currently performing in two plays at BAM -- The Cherry Orchard and The Winter's Tale. He starred inThe Invention of Love (Tony Award-Best Actor). Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer is a member of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.

For updated information go to the Library's website at www.nypl.org/lpaprograms.