The Boston Architectural Center (BAC) is pleased to welcome Iain Mackintosh of Theatre Projects Consultants, London, as the speaker at the 11th Annual Cascieri Lectureship in the Humanities. On Friday, April 25, 2003, at 7:30pm, Mackintosh will give a lecture titled: "Standing Room Only?: An Exploration of the Audience's Place, Position, and Posture from the Rose of Marlowe and Shakespeare to Fenway Park." During the lecture, Mackintosh will address such questions as: Can comfort and club-class seating send the spectator to sleep and make the job of the player and playwright even harder? How live is live theater? Has Shakespeare something to tell 21st-century theatergoers?
A noted theater historian, designer, and consultant, Mackintosh is the author of Architecture, Actor and Audience (Routledge, 1993), considered a seminal treatise on theater design. Mackintosh's prominent design collaborations include The Royal Court Theatre in London (2000), the opera house at Glyndebourne (1994), and currently the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford-on-Avon. In 2001, he collaborated with George Marsh, principal, Payette Associates, on the design of Shakespeare & Company's Founders' Theatre in Lenox, Massachusetts. Mackintosh also brought together the team that will build the Rose Playhouse USA on Shakespeare & Company's Lenox, MA, campus.
The Cascieri lectureship was established in 1992 by friends and supporters of the BAC in honor of Arcangelo Cascieri -- a student, educator, and dean of the BAC from 1943 to 1997. Each year, the lectureship sponsors an event in keeping with the philosophy of humanism that Cascieri espoused. Over the past 10 years, the BAC has welcomed the following Cascieri lecturers: H. Morse Payne, FAIA Emeritus (1993); Moshe Safdie, FAIA (1994); Christopher Lydon (1995); Robert Campbell, FAIA, and Peter Vanderwarker (1996); Robert Brown (1997); Norman Leventhal (1998); Governor Michael S. Dukakis (1999); Jill Medvedow (2000); Jorge Silvetti, FAIA (2001); and Richard N. Swett, FAIA (2002).
In conjunction with this year's Cascieri lecture, the BAC's McCormick Gallery will feature an exhibit entitled "Designing the Rose." Curated by George Marsh and Jon Fournier of Payette Associates, the exhibit was made possible by a collaboration between the BAC, Shakespeare & Company, and Payette. Through a combination of photographs, illustrations, architectural drawings, and text, it traces the evolution of Elizabethan theater design, the history of the Rose Playhouse, and the present-day plans to rebuild the theater using traditional building methods and materials. On Saturday, April 26, 2003, a day of educational programming will be held at the BAC on the topic of the lecture and exhibit.
Admission to the 11th annual lecture is free, but reservations are recommended as walk-ins will be accommodated as space allows. To RSVP, please call 617-585-0180. The exhibit will be on display from April 24 through June 1, 2003. For exhibit hours, please visit our website: www.the-bac.edu.
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