NOVEMBER 13-19, 2022

The Benjamin Center is pleased to announce the 2022 One Book, One New Paltz selection: Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood

In this imaginative retelling of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, we follow the main character, Felix Phillips, once the renowned director of the Makeshiweg Theater Festival, as he copes with betrayal by his colleagues and loss of his livelihood, friends, and status. Felix’s life parallels that of The Tempest’s Prospero as he seeks and exacts revenge, ultimately finding redemption when he stages The Tempest in a theater program at a nearby correctional facility.

FILMS CAN BE ACCESSED AS FOLLOWS:

Tempest (2010, Julie Taymor, Director)

• Available on Kanopy through the Elting Library (from the Elting home page, click Your Library>Services>Kanopy. You must have a Mid-Hudson library card to access.)
• Available on YouTube
• DVD is available through Elting

Tempest (1982, Paul Mazursky, Director)

• DVD is available through Elting and Sojourner Truth Library, SUNY New Paltz

The Tempest (1979, Derek Jarman, Director)

• Available on Kanopy through the Elting Library (from the Elting home page, click Your Library>Services>Kanopy. You must have a Mid-Hudson library card to access.)
• DVD is available through Elting

Shakespeare Behind Bars (2005, documentary)

• Available on Kanopy through the Elting Library (from the Elting home page, click Your Library>Services>Kanopy. You must have a Mid-Hudson library card to access.)
• Available on Kanopy through Sojourner Truth Library (from the STL home page, click the Learning tab>Research Guides >All Guides>E-resources for Online Learning>Find a Streaming Video>(scroll down) Kanopy Streaming Video>Log into Kanopy. You must have SUNY NP borrowing privileges.)
• DVD is available through Elting