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, tonights argument is based on the text of William Shakespeares macbeth which was produced by the theater this spring and directed by liesel on this very stage. It was a wonderful event and im sure many of you attended it. I want to start with a trend by thanking the people that you will see on the stage and the people who are not on the stage but make this possible. This event comes together in large part because theres a group of people with whom i am honored to work, who work on coming up with the ideas, coming up which plate we will do and figuring out what the legal questions can be. These are the people who year in and year out make this possible. I realize after last winter that while i always think them in general i wan
A group of us felt we would help heal the wounds of our community by celebrating its diversity because back then miami was one of the most Diverse Communities in the company, and we would invite everyone under one gigantic tent to celebrate the written word and begin a conversation together. That conversation hasnt stopped for these 33 book fairs. And i for one want to thank doctor petrone who is president of the Largest College in the country with eight campuses. [applause] for never wavering from that vision. In this years fair you will hear from the best writers of poetry, fiction, history, and memoir. And we need the big tent of the book fair. And the power of the written word to express them. We need this more than ever. [applause] the book fair has grown over all the years as well. We have some remarkable sponsors. We are pleased to announce we have a partnership with the charles de Groot Foundation to launch the Miami Book Fair degroot prize, it is the only one in the country an
Abraham lincoln, is bracketed by arguably the least successful american president s. This Holiday Weekend on cspan. Next, interior secretary ryan zinke discusses the rules of war in the modern world at an event that compared how the war was for portrayed in shakespeares work and how its executed today. Hosted by the Shakespeare Theater Company here in washington, this is 90 minutes. Good evening. My name is karen spence, director of the Shakespeare Theater Company. Thank you for joining us. [applause] thank you so much for joining us for tonights Bard Association shakespeare discussion. Tonights discussion is shakespeare and the rules of war, from athens to aleppo. I want to remind everyone to silence all your Electronic Devices and to let you know that video and photography of this discussion is prohibited but at this point it is an honor to introduce tonights moderator, stephen m ryan. He is a member of our board of trustees as well as the association and has chaired our annual fundr
[inaudible conversations] this is book tv on cspan2 and we want to know whats on your Summer Reading list. Send us your choices at book tv as our twitter handle. You can also post it on our facebook page, facebook. Com booktv or you can send an email to book tv at cspan. Org. Whats on your Summer Reading list, book tv wants to know. Ladies and gentlemen welcome to the shakespeare annual dinner and mock trial. Before we begin the trial please take this time to silence all Electronic Device that is may disrupt this evenings proceedings. Photography is strictly prohibited. Please join me in welcoming trustee of association abby david lole. [applause] good evening. Thanks for joining us tonight to the annual dinner and mock trial event presented by the Shakespeare Theater Company and Affinity Group of lawyers associated with the Legal Community and those who support the Legal Community to bring the best that we can to this wonderful theater. As you know, tonights performance, tonights tria
[inaudible conversations] ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Shakespeare Theater Company barred Association Annual dinner and mark trial. Before we begin the trial please take time to silence all Electronic Devices that may disrupt this evenings proceedings. Photography of the trial is strictly prohibited. Please join me in welcoming the chair of the barred association, abbe lowell. [applause] good evening. Thanks for joining us. The annual dinner and mark trial event by the Shakespeare Theater Company and barred association, Affinity Group of lawyers and those who support the community to bring the best we can to the stage, tonight after tonights performance is based on production of 1984 presented by the Shakespeare Theater Company a few short months ago which in turn is based on the 1949, that is right, 1949 book by George Orwell predicting what 1984 might look like. You all know the story very well, a countrys government vacuums up unanimous amount of data in the name of National