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Feb Play: A New System of Freedom
ETC Discovers: A New System of Freedom
Each month, we’ll highlight a play & writer from our last list –– and we’re delighted to bring you…
A New System of Freedom; or, the Conspiracy Against Love
by Charlotte von Stein
If you’re looking for a madcap Comedy of Errors with chaotic Gen-Z wit…
February Partner
Want to hear the play?! Island Shakespeare Festival, the first theatre to commit to producing 3 years of Expand the Canon plays, is delving into a reading of this hilarious text!
Some of our favorite quotes from New System of Freedom:
“I am suffering physical and spiritual exhaustion from the drama of my life.”
“Well, proper company depresses me, so I suppose I shall have to stay with you.”
“In this age of freedom, a lady should be able to be abducted, if she has a mind to be!”
Charlotte von Stein
(1742-1827) was a prominent figure in the Weimar Court and enjoyed moderate literary success in her later life.
She had a decade-long affair with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, one of the most influential writers in the German language. Goethe composed several poems in Charlotte’s honor and modeled characters in his works after her.
This Month’s Partner Reading:
Feb 26th - A New System of Freedom with ISF
Join us and Island Shakespeare Festival on February 26th to dig into this hilarious, quippy play. This reading is both live in WA and live-streamed!
Not in Whidbey or Seattle? No problem. Join via livestream!
Expand the Canon is sponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the NYSCA-A.R.T./New York Creative Opportunity Fund (A Statewide Theatre Regrant Program), and the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC).
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