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Breaking down the Bard with Joseph Marcell

Steven Maler, Artistic Director, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company -Joseph Marcell (actor King Lear) Mike Ritter, Ritterbin Photography
Joseph Marcell (actor, King Lear),-Lorita Williams (VP for Advancement and Community Engagement, Roxbury Community College), -Steven Maler (Artistic Director, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company) -Valerie Roberson (President of Roxbury Community College). Photo credit Mike Ritter, Ritterbin Photography
On Tuesday evening at the first in the Uptown/Downtown Inroads Series at RCC, celebrated classical actor Joseph Marcell (Jeffery, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air), currently touring with Shakespeare’s Globe playing the monumental title role in King Lear, and Boston’s premiere Shakespearean director Steve Maler, founding Artistic Director of Commonwealth Shakespeare Company which annually presents free Shakespeare on the Common, held a talk about Shakespeare. Maler and Marcell have both had incredible impact making Shakespeare’s plays accessible across the country and around the world. Mike Ritter, Ritterbin Photography