Devoting four sessions to each of these two great comedies, we will read scripts aloud in class, each assigned a different character. (Declining to participate, i.e., "just listening" is perfectly OK, too!) We will examine the lines, the language, the motivations, and the plot and discuss the meaning of it all. Using humor and anecdotes, Rick promises a good time for 75 minutes each week in the company of Mr. Shakespeare and the amazing characters he created.

Moderator: Rick Sowash is a classical composer, author, and publisher of his own music, books, and CDs. His high school English teacher (later his mother-in-law) introduced him to Shakespeare, and he has cherished, seen, enjoyed, read, studied, thought about, and talked about his favorites among the Bard's plays for 50+ years.