July/August 2003 Editor's Note Ordinary Heroes Chasing Beauty Meryle Secrest speaks with NEH Chairman Bruce Cole about the art world and her work as a biographer. The Inaugural Heroes of History Lecture Robert V. Remini speaks about the nation's founders. Age of Elizabeth An Imperial Intellect The legendary Queen Elizabeth of England is the subject of a new exhibition on the 400th anniversary of her death. By Lisa Rogers Shakespeare Out Loud A new DVD frees Macbeth from the page and gets students on their feet. By Emmett Berg Passage to Greece Fragments of Childhood The everyday life of Greek children is recounted in a new exhibition. By Maggie Riechers Scenes from the Great Depression An Hour Upon the Stage The Federal Theatre Project's brief but controversial life is considered in an upcoming documentary. By Pedro Ponce Around the Nation Word of Mouth Oral histories are onstage in Ohio. By Laura Wolff Scanlan