ANN ARBOR—Be among those in the know by attending the Royal Shakespeare Company study and book clubs sponsored by the Ann Arbor District Library, the University Musical Society, U-M Center for South Asian Studies and Shaman Drum Bookshop. Sessions for both the book and study clubs are designed to prepare audiences on the plots and themes of the upcoming productions of the stage adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s "Midnight’s Children" and Shakespeare’s "Coriolanus" and "Merry Wives of Windsor." Reading the play or book prior to attending the sessions is suggested but not required. Study Club sessions are free and will take place in the Ann Arbor District Library’s Multi-purpose Room located in the basement level of the Library at 343 S. Fifth Ave. Midnight’s Children
The RSC Book Club will meet for four free sessions on Salman Rushdie’s "Midnight’s Children." The first session will meet Feb. 3 from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Ann Arbor District Library’s Multi-purpose Room located in the basement level of the Library at 343 S. Fifth Avenue. U-M English Lecturer Sadia Abbas will present "History, Family and the Body Politic in Midnight’s Children." The second session will meet Feb. 5 from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Shaman Drum Bookshop located at 311-315 S. State Street. U-M graduate students Rahul Sinha and Sejal Sutaria will lead the discussion. The third Book Club session will meet 7-8:30 p.m. Feb. 17 at the Ann Arbor District Library for a presentation by U-M English Lecturer Sadia Abbas on "Love and Language in Midnight’s Children." The fourth session of the Book Club will be from 7-8:30 p.m. February 19 at Shaman Drum Bookshop. This will be a discussion of "Midnight’s Children" led by U-M graduate students Rahul Sinha and Sejal Sutaria.
Coriolanus The RSC Study Club session for "Coriolanus" will meet 7-8:30 p.m. Feb. 11. The session will be led by U-M English Professor Linda Gregerson and will examine issues including the tensions between military culture and political culture, patriotism and popular esteem, exile and belonging, familial allegiance and the cult of heroism. Merry Wives of Windsor
The RSC Study Club session for "Merry Wives of Windsor" will meet 7-8:30 p.m. Feb. 13. U-M Theater and Drama Faculty John Neville-Andrews will lead participants in exploring how the comedy, characters and plot of play are derived from class distinction, civility and incivility, money, insiders and outsiders, wealth and all its meanings, women’s revenge, acceptance and non-acceptance, amorous desire, cross-dressing and the obsession with wealth and money.

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