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<p style="text-align: center;"> <b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">Poculi Ludique Societas presents two medieval plays about love and sex:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:18.0pt">Rules of Love: Lancelot of Denmark & Of Winter and Summer<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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5.0pt"><a name="docs-internal-guid-4713028d-3db1-c51e-cd"></a><span lang="EN-CA">Directors Charlotte Steenbrugge (<i>Lancelot of Denmark</i>) and Adam Nashman (<i>Of Winter and Summer</i>) together with PLS Artistic Director Linda Phillips and a lively, talented cast of actors, bring to life two wonderful plays from the Netherlands c. 1400 (translated from Middle Dutch into modern English). <i>Lancelot of Denmark</i> is one of very few surviving medieval European romance plays. It was a very popular play at the time and continued to be performed from the 14th through to the 18th century. Unusually for a medieval (or modern) romance, it features a lovesick anti-hero and a strong female protagonist, with an unexpected plot twist. <i>Of Winter and Summer</i> is part of a widespread and long-lived tradition depicting the battle between the two seasons. It is also a wonderfully funny play in which the two seasons and their 'gangs' argue about which is the best time for lovemaking! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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5.0pt"><span lang="EN-CA">In conjunction with the plays, the Centre for Performance Studies in Early Theatre will present a symposium on Saturday April 26 from 11 am to 5 pm in the Robert Gill Theatre: <b>Love, Sex and Romance in Early Drama *</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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5.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 13pt;">Performances: 8 pm Friday, April 25; 8 pm Saturday April 26; 2 pm Sunday April 27<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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5.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 13pt;">Venue: Robert Gill Theatre, 214 College Street, Toronto (3<sup>rd</sup> floor, St George St entrance)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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5.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 13pt;">Tickets: $20 / $15 senior / $10 student<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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5.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 13pt;">Box Office: 416 978-7986<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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5.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 13pt;">*For more information on the plays or the symposium go to <a href="http://groups.chass.utoronto.ca/plspls/">plspls.ca</a></span></b></p>
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