TheaterWorks Presents Who Wrote Shakespeare? & Jules Feiffer

Theater Talk, the series devoted to the world of the stage, is co-hosted by Michael Riedel, Broadway columnist for the New York Post, and series executive producer Susan Haskins (pictured here with Tony Lifetime Achievent Award-winner Marian Seldes).

The popular series is now being distributed nationally to PBS member stations by Executive Program Services (EPS). The series is co-produced by Theater Talk Productions, a not-for-profit corporation, and CUNY TV (City University of New York Television).

New This Week...
Episode #337
Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare?

Historian James Shapiro, of Columbia University discusses the centuries old Shakespeare "authorship" controversy: the belief by thousands and thousands of people over the last four centuries that William Shakespeare, was, in fact, not responsible for writing the plays attributed to him. The history of one of the modern world's oldest conspiracy theories is the subject of Shapiro's fascinating new book, Contested Will. (Uplink available July 8.)

Coming July 15th...
Episode #338
Jules Feiffer

An interview with the influential playwright and cartoonist Jules Feiffer who talks about how he -- and his generation of artists -- changed the sensibility of the world forever. (Uplink available July 15.)

Coming Next Week...
Episode #339
50 Fantastic Years of
The Fantasticks

A celebration of the 50th anniversary of the USA's longest-running show, The Fantasticks, with lyricist/librettist Tom Jones, the show's original co-star Rita Gardner and performers from the current production Erik Altemus, Edward Watts and Kimberly Whalen, accompanied by pianist Robert Felstein. (Uplink available July 22.)

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