**note updated scheduling information!**
Please join us for the 2022 Barbara A. Hanawalt Public Lecture, co-sponsored by the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and the Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts! This event, as with all the lectures in our annual series, is free and open to the public.
Registration link for Zoom attendance: https://osu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMlde6hrTkuH9VhGJyNIAfkGimfER0NctjL
Registration link for in-person attendance: https://cmrs.osu.edu/events/2021-2022-in-person-rsvp-form
Have you ever wondered how adaptations of novels make their way from the printed page to Hollywood studios? Join the OSU Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies on Friday, April 1, to hear from author Lisa Klein (Ophelia) and screenwriter Semi Chellas (Mad Men, The Romanoffs) as they discuss the journey of Klein’s novel of the Hamlet story from Ophelia’s point to the big screen, starring Daisy Ridley (Star Wars) as Ophelia.
Schedule
6:30 - 7:30 Discussion, moderated by Professor Angus Fletcher (English, OSU)
7:30 - 9:30 Film screening
Speaker bios:
Lisa Klein is the author of five novels for young adults: Ophelia, Two Girls of Gettysburg, Lady Macbeth's Daughter, Cate of the Lost Colony, and Love Disguised. She is currently working on a historical novel for adults. Find out more at www.authorlisaklein.com.
Semi Chellas is a writer/director/producer best known for The Romanoffs and Mad Men, where she was nominated for six Emmys and ran the writers’ room for the last two seasons. Her award-winning movie American Woman premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and had a gala presentation at the Toronto International Film Festival, and opened The Female Eye Film Festival; she was named one of Indie Wire’s 25 Rising Directors to Know. She has written a number of indie features, including Ophelia (starring Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts, George MacKay and Clive Owen).
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