Honorary Artistic Director of the New Swan Shakespeare Festival and Professor of Acting, Robert Cohen, presented a lunchtime talk on ‘Acting in Shakespeare’ in the New Swan Theater!
Prof. Robert Cohen at the New Swan Theater, August 22, 2013.
His talk was so fascinating, that we decided to find some photos of Prof. Cohen in action.
Special Collections and Archives has the Robert Cohen Papers [MS-P069], which comprises fifty-three production books! These books include scripts, reviews, photographs and stage directions, which document Cohen’s work as director for theater productions at UCI and the Utah and Colorado Shakespeare Festivals.
Robert Cohen as Alfred Doolittle in Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady, 1975 (MS-P069).
Robert Cohen and James Tripp as The Constables (MS-P069).
Prof. Cohen wearing a hat remarkably similar to the one he wore today (MS-P069).
We found that Prof. Cohen is, literally and figuratively, a man of many hats.
Robert Cohen is the founding chair of the University of California, Irvine Drama Department and a renowned professor, director, translator, playwright, essayist, and drama critic. In 2001 he was named Claire Trevor Professor of Drama at UCI.
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