Cary Library and LexMedia present a joint broadcast of Stephano: The True Story of Shakespeare’s Shipwreck.

On Wednesday, November 3 at 6:30 pm, the film will air on LexMedia's Public Channel, which is Comcast Channel 8, Verizon Channel 35, RCN Channel 3 and RCN HD Channel 613. Or if you don't have cable, you can stream it at www.lexmedia.org. Click Watch Live and then Public Channel. Or you can copy and paste this link: https://www.lexmedia.org/programming/live-streams/

On Thursday, November 4 at 6:30 pm, Cary Library will screen the film via Zoom. Immediately following the screening at 8 pm, join us for a Zoom Q&A with Emmy-nominated filmmaker Andrew Giles Buckley. 

The 90-minute film shares the story of Stephen Hopkins, the only Mayflower passenger who had been to North America previously. A decade earlier, Hopkins was aboard a ship bound for Jamestown when it wrecked on Bermuda, providing inspiration for Shakespeare’s play, The Tempest. Shot-on-location, the Hit and Run History crew retrace Hopkin’s life crisscrossing the Atlantic and examine the stories that Hopkins may have been the model for the drunken and mutinous Stephano in Shakespeare’s play. Hit and Run History explores the fascinating story of a man whose life intersected with Colonial American history and Native American figures.

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Lexington Council for the Arts, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.