Penobscot Times previews April 12 King Chair Lecture
The Penobscot Times previewed “Hamlet’s Girlfriend Gets a Life,” a discussion by young adult novel author Lisa Klein on her reinterpretation of the classic play “Hamlet” from Ophelia’s point of view. The lecture, part of the Stephen E. King Chair Lecture Series at the University of Maine, will be at 5 p.m. April 12 in Neville Hall, Room 101 and is free and open to the public. Klein will talk about the process of transforming the character from Shakespeare’s stage to the modern page and to the screen, and invite the audience to consider how we retell great stories to make them meaningful for the present day, the article states. More information is online. To request a reasonable accommodation, call 581.1226.