Reading Group books are available from Left Bank Books in St. Louis, MO at a 20% discount.
The Magnificoes! are interested and interesting folks who gather once a month to talk plays, poems, criticism, history, and fiction! The group began in May of 2012 just in time for that year’s production of Othello #InTheGlen by Shakespeare Festival St. Louis. Our long-term goal is to read all of the plays in the canon (38 of them) while enjoying the many creative works written that illuminate, complicate, and build on them. 2018 marked our 3rd year performing a staged reading as part of Shake 38!
We usually meet the third Tuesday of every month.
**This group is meeting virtually on Zoom for an invitation to join email shane.m@left-bank.com**
2023 Reading List:
Tuesday, January 17, 2023, 7pm: All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare
Tuesday, February 21, 2023, 7pm: Death by Shakespeare by Kathryn Harkup
Tuesday, March 21, 2023, 7pm: Richard III by William Shakespeare
Tuesday, April 18, 2023, 7pm: This is Shakespeare by Emma Smith
Tuesday, May 16, 2023, 7pm: Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
Tuesday, June 20, 2023, 7pm: The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
Tuesday, July 18, 2023, 7pm: Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler
Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 7pm: Poor Naked Wretches: Shakespeare's Working People by Stephen Unwin
Tuesday, September 19, 2023, 7pm: The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 7pm: Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare
Tuesday November 21, 2023, 7pm: Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson
Tuesday, December 19, 2023, 7pm: The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare
Previous reading lists: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, The Plays We've Read
