Shakespeare by Steamboat - Nora Titone
A.W. Jones Heritage Center 610 Beachview Drive, Saint Simons Island, Georgia 31522
2017 CHAUTAUQUA LECTURE SERIES
TREACHERY! COASTAL TIES TO STORIES OF INFAMY
Notorious personalities and events have been linked to Costal Georgia over the past three centuries. This year's Chautauqua series will explore four of these connections.
LECTURE 1 - AUGUST 10
Nora Titone - Shakespeare by Steamboat: Traveling the Southern Theatre Circuit with the Booth Family
Historian Nora Titone will discuss the intriguing family saga of John Wilkes Booth, his father Junius, and his brother Edwin, based on her book My Thoughts Be Bloody. She will describe their theatrical tours in the American South and the motivation behind 19th century America's most famous assassination.
Lectures will take place at 6:00 p.m. in the A.W. Jones Heritage Center Event Hall. The cost for the series is $50 for members and $95 for non-members. Visit coastalgeorgiahistory.org or call 912.634.7090 to register.
2017 series is sponsored by Wells Fargo Advisors.
