Meryl Streep to deliver lecture at university

Academy Award winner to focus on career and the theater

   Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep will present a public lecture about her career and the theater 5 p.m. Nov. 30 in McCosh 50 when she comes to Princeton University as the Belknap Visitor in the Humanities.
   An actress of stage, film and television, Ms. Streep has appeared in such plays as Shakespeare’s "Measure for Measure" and Bertolt Brecht’s "Mother Courage and her Children," which was produced in New York’s Central Park this summer.
   The 13-time Academy Award nominee also has appeared in more than 50 films, most recently "The Devil Wears Prada" and "A Prairie Home Companion," in addition to "The Hours" and "Kramer vs. Kramer."
   Ms. Streep was selected to deliver this year’s Belknap Lecture because of the range of her experience, extending to television appearances that include the mini series "Holocaust" and "Angels in America," where she gained recognition for playing three different roles: male, female and angelic. Ms. Streep’s many awards include two Oscars, two Emmys and a Lifetime Achievement Award for the American Film Institute.
   As a Belknap Visitor in the Humanities, Ms. Streep joins a distinguished roster of eminent writers and artists, including Twyla Tharp, Nadine Gordimer, Arthur Miller, Chuck Close, Don DeLillo, Richard Serra, Maurice Sendak and Toshiko Takaezu. The program was created in memory of Chauncey Belknap of the class of 1912.
   The free public lecture is being presented by the Humanities Council. Tickets for Princeton students, faculty and staff with valid identification will be distributed from noon to 6 p.m. Nov. 27 and 28 at the Frist Campus Center ticket office. There is a limit of two tickets per person bearing a university ID.
   A limited number of tickets will also be made available to the public from noon to 3 p.m. on Nov. 29 at the Richardson Auditorium ticket office in Alexander Hall, with a limit of two tickets per person. On Nov. 30, doors will open at 4:30 p.m. for ticket holders and at 4:50 p.m. there will be a general admission for any available seats.