>> a mock trial was presented based on the scenario of william shakespeare's play, mcbeth. a panel of federal appellate court judges and supreme court judges including ruth bader ginsburg and steven breyer heard oral arguments in the case of the weird sisters pierces kingdom of scotland. the issue was whether the sisters were guilty of using witchcraft to aid and abet mcbeth in the murder of king duncan of scotland. this event was another installment of the mock trial series presented by the shakespeare theatre company of washington dc. >> thank you everyone for joining us in this event which is now our 26 mock trial. [applause] this is one of the events that we do that is a labor of love and it is because of the people you will meet in a moment that it becomes that way. this is produced in sponsored by the bar association in which many of you are members and those who are not, i hope you will become. it is the infinity group of lawyers in washington dc and elsewhere that strive to support, not only art in general, but this peter specifically. tonight's argument is based on

along with appellate court judges here all arguments in a mock trial based on a scenario of william shakespeare's play, mcbeth. whether or not the sisters are guilty of using witchcraft to aid and abet mcbeth in the william of king duncan of scotland. this from the shakespeare company of washington dc and it's an hour in 20 minutes. [applause] thank you everyone for joining us in this event which is now our 25th trial. [applause] this is one of the events that we do which is a labor of love and is because of the people you will meet in a moment that it becomes that way. this is produced and sponsored by the bard association which many of you are members and those of you are not, hope you will become. it is the affinity group of lawyers in washington dc and elsewhere to try to support not only art in general but this from the computer in specific. as you know, tonight's argument is based on the text of william shakespeare's macbeth which was produced by the theater this spring and directed by liesel on this very stage. it was a wonderful event and i'm sure many of you attended it. i want to start

. >> now to a mock trial based on a scenario of william shakespeare's play neck best. a panel of federal appellate court judges and supreme court justice including stephen breyer heard oral arguments in the case of the weird sisters, the kingdom of scotland. at issue, whether or not the sisters were using witchcraft to aid and abet macbeth in the murder of king duncan of scotland. this was another installment of the mock trial series presented by the shakespeare theatre company of washington dc. [applause] >> thank you for joining us in this event which is our 26 mock trial. this is one of the events we do that is a labor of love and it is because of the people you will meet in a moment that

of federal judges and supreme court justices heard oral arguments in a mack trial based on william shakespeare's macbeth. in the case of weird sisters versus the kingdom of scotland, they're accused of assistening macbeth's murder plot. it took place in washington. this runs an hour. [applaus [applause]. >> thank you, everyone, for joining us in this event which is now our 26th mock trial. [applause] this is one of the events that we do that is a labor of love and it is because of the people you're going to meet in a moment that it becomes that way. this is produced and sponsored by the bard association which many of you are members and those who are not, i hope you will become. it is the affinity group of lawyers in washington d.c. and elsewhere that try to support not only arts in general, but this terrific theater in specific. as you know, tonight's argument is based on the text of william shakespea shakespeare's macbeth, it was on this very stage, a wonderful event. i'm sure many of you attended it. i want to start by thanking as the people that you will see on the stage, the people who are

along with appellate court judges here all arguments in a mock trial based on a scenario of william shakespeare's play, mcbeth. whether or not the sisters are guilty of using witchcraft to aid and abet mcbeth in the william of king duncan of scotland. this from the shakespeare company of washington dc and it's an hour in 20 minutes. [applause] thank you everyone for joining us in this event which is now our 25th trial. [applause] this is one of the events that we do which is a labor of love and is because of the people you will meet in a moment that it becomes that way.

william shakespeare's hamlet is one of the most well known plays and it stars oscar isaac and directed by sam gold. the two first conceived of the project at juliard. it runs to september 3. i'm pleased to have oscar isaac and sam gold. >> it wasn't that long ago. combl are you >> we did all the scenes together. it's part of your course, right? >> i was studying shakespeare and wanted to work on hamlet. everybody wants to so it wasn't a strange idea to want to do hamlet. it's like the best play ever and everyone wants to get their hands on it and i grabbed oscar for the minutes he had a day on his oscar training and asked him to do hamlet with me and do r&g scenes. >> charlie: is that's what they're called? >> you tackle the closet scene or one of the big meals and i thought it'd be fun to start with the friendship scenes and also we were students and friends. it seemed appropriate for the vibe of juliard. >> we did that at school and after we graduated we kept in touch and worked together on romeo and juliet he was an assist. zwlan >> and we did a play later. >> we always talked about

. >> "something rotten" tells the story of two brothers stuck in the shadow of william shakespeare. >sic ] sparked the show is now playing at the theater in san francisco. with us in studio is rob mcclure and his on and offstage wife thank you for coming in we appreciate it. >> we are here to provide a much-needed break from the madness that is happening in the world.>> we will take it. san francisco have you been here before? >> yes we have been, we were here 10 years ago with avenue two. >> so do you get around much?>> we like to swipe -- sightsee san francisco has so much to offer. >> we are luckily here for four weeks. >> so set in 1595. >> i am a competing playwright with shakespeare is like the rock god of the time and he is the star. i go to try to find out what the future of the theater will be to beat him at his own game and they tell me the future is musical so i set out with my brother to write the world's first musical. this is a great musical comedy written by amazing guys put together by the team that broke you the book of moorman and aladdin people who know funny stuff

as you know, tonight's argument is based on william shakespeare's macbeth which was produced by the theater this spring, directed by lisa tommy on this very stage. it was a wonderful event and i'm sure many of you attended. i want to start by thanking the people you with the on stage, the people who are not on stage but make this possible. this event comes together in large part because a group of people with whom i am honored to work, who work on coming up with the idea, coming up with which play we are going to do, figure out what the legal questions can be, these are the people who year in and year out make this possible and i realized after last winter i want to thank them in specific. i want to be the front guy but they do the hard work so if you are in the house i want to announce and have everybody thank the following people. gerri bloch, greg cook, nina dunn, bert fisher, jeffrey lou, john vogel, karen wheeler, please stand and let us thank you. [applause] >> in a world upset by civil war and invasion macbeth and his lady begin a series of murders designed to further their own ambit

. ♪ charlie: william shakespeare's "hamlet" is one of the best-known plays in history. new production is now running at the public theater. it stars oscar isaac and is directed by sam gold. the two first conceived of the project when they were students at juilliard. productions of "hamlet" will run until september 3. i am pleased to have oscar isaac and sam gold back at this table. welcome and welcome. you are here for different reasons. you because we did the whole thing. sam: not that long ago. charlie: how did you guys at juilliard say one day let's do "hamlet" together? oscar: i think it started by doing it at school. sam was there as a directing student and i was an acting student. we did all of the "hamlet" and rosencrantz and guildenstern scenes together. i think it was part of your course, right? sam: i was studying shakespeare and wanted to work on "hamlet." everybody basically wants to do this play so it wasn't a strange idea to want to do "hamlet." it is like the best play ever and everybody wants to get their hands on it. i grabbed oscar on the minutes he ha

. >> the shakespeare theater hosted a mock trial in june based on a scenario of william shakespeare's play macbeth. panel a federal appellate court judges and supreme court justices including ruth bader ginsburg and stephen breyer heard oral argument in the case of the weird sisters versus kingdom of scotland. at issue is whether or not the sisters were guilty of using witchcraft to assist macbeth in the murder of king duncan of scotland. this event is one hour. [applause] >> thank you everyone, for joining us in this event which is not our 25th mock trial. [applause] >> this is one of the events that we do that is a labor of love and it is, that it becomes that way. this is produced and sponsored by the bar association which many of you are members and those are not i hope you will become. it is the affinity group of lawyers in washington, d.c., -- bard association -- to try to sport not on arts in general but this terrific theater in specific. as you know tonight argument is based on the text when shakespeare's macbeth which was produced by the theater this spring directed by -- on

of federal judges and supreme court justices heard oral arguments in a mack trial based on william shakespeare's macbeth. in the case of weird sisters versus the kingdom of scotland, they're accused of assistening macbeth's murder plot. it took place in washington. this runs an hour. [applaus [applause]. >> thank you, everyone, for joining us in this event which is now our 26th mock trial. [applause] this is one of the events that we do that is a labor of love and it is because of the people you're going to meet in a moment that it becomes that way. this is produced and sponsored by the bard association which many of you are members and

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william spaining spear. >> what? >> ugh. >> yes? >> shakespear?> yes. >> three tragedies. >> i don't know. >> three tragedies. >> uhh. >> oh, man. i didn't know shakespear would be part of this. >> i give up. >> should have anticipated that. >> i think only -- >> give me one. >> no. >> oh -- >> all i got is teaming of the slew. >> that's a comedy. >> i did romeo and juliet. >> yes? >> juice just sera? >> julius ceasar is right. >> summer nights dream. >> not. >> okay. >> you blew me away on that one. >> all right. what's next? >> you actually are grading? >> she is. >> oh,. >> i was born with a pen in my hand. >> you cannot get the teacher out of you. >> that's right. >> all right. >> , the second question. who is tony morrison? >> writer, beloved. >> i put author. >> correct for both of you. >> whoo. >> one more? >> i would add that there were only 4% of my students who new that. >> what? >> only 4%? >> yes. >> what about the shakespear question? how many people new that? >> 27% new that. >> okay. so final question? >> real fast. >> the final one