"The Weight of Greatness—Tang Xianzu and William Shakespeare
... influenced the structuring of the unfolding drama: One of my favourite staging conventions shared by Tang and Shakespeare is that they were both writing for an essentially bare stage. The playwright's words plus the actors' embodied expression combine with audience imagination to create the aestheti ...
... influenced the structuring of the unfolding drama: One of my favourite staging conventions shared by Tang and Shakespeare is that they were both writing for an essentially bare stage. The playwright's words plus the actors' embodied expression combine with audience imagination to create the aestheti ...
William Shakespeare
... who probably rewarded the author for the dedication. Their success did not lead Shakespeare to give up playwriting. After the public theatres were reopened, he began again to write plays. The years of fame. From 1594 to 1608 Shakespeare was fully involved in the London theatre world. In addition to ...
... who probably rewarded the author for the dedication. Their success did not lead Shakespeare to give up playwriting. After the public theatres were reopened, he began again to write plays. The years of fame. From 1594 to 1608 Shakespeare was fully involved in the London theatre world. In addition to ...
Production Notes
... Committed to the sea, her coffin washes ashore at Ephesus, where the physician Cerimon revives her. Believing her husband dead, she becomes a priestess of Diana, goddess of chastity. Meanwhile, Pericles, fearing that his new-born daughter, Marina, will not survive the rest of the journey home, leave ...
... Committed to the sea, her coffin washes ashore at Ephesus, where the physician Cerimon revives her. Believing her husband dead, she becomes a priestess of Diana, goddess of chastity. Meanwhile, Pericles, fearing that his new-born daughter, Marina, will not survive the rest of the journey home, leave ...
Banned Productions 201
... High School for Dummies by Bradley Hayward Love Story based on the novel by Erich Segal, Book and Lyrics by Stephen Clark, Music and Additional Lyrics by Howard Goodall * Cagebirds by David Campton * Apostrophe’s by Bradley Hayward Louder, I Can’t Hear You by Bill Gleason And the Giants Fell by Todd ...
... High School for Dummies by Bradley Hayward Love Story based on the novel by Erich Segal, Book and Lyrics by Stephen Clark, Music and Additional Lyrics by Howard Goodall * Cagebirds by David Campton * Apostrophe’s by Bradley Hayward Louder, I Can’t Hear You by Bill Gleason And the Giants Fell by Todd ...
Just Another High School Play
... proud to present “Just Another High School Play”! (SPOTLIGHTS begin to shine all over the stage as the ANNOUNCER sings in a fanfare style. After awhile the Announcer takes a breath and the spotlights stop. Then he begins the song again and the lights continue to move. After about 30 seconds of this ...
... proud to present “Just Another High School Play”! (SPOTLIGHTS begin to shine all over the stage as the ANNOUNCER sings in a fanfare style. After awhile the Announcer takes a breath and the spotlights stop. Then he begins the song again and the lights continue to move. After about 30 seconds of this ...
Teaching Shakespeare`s Sources and Contexts Glenn Steinberg
... helplessly watch its unfolding—intimately shapes the way that Shakespeare and his audience perceive and conceive of love. Having used Shakespeare’s antecedents to establish basic benchmarks for the dramatic genres and experience, as well as for conceptualizations of love, we move into the second par ...
... helplessly watch its unfolding—intimately shapes the way that Shakespeare and his audience perceive and conceive of love. Having used Shakespeare’s antecedents to establish basic benchmarks for the dramatic genres and experience, as well as for conceptualizations of love, we move into the second par ...
shakespeare and tragedy - Emporia State University
... Thomas Nuce, fellow of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, translated Octavia; and the remaining play, or rather fragments of two plays, Thebais, or as it is sometimes called Phoenissae, was rendered into English by Thomas Newton, who had been a student at both Oxford and Cambridge. ...
... Thomas Nuce, fellow of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, translated Octavia; and the remaining play, or rather fragments of two plays, Thebais, or as it is sometimes called Phoenissae, was rendered into English by Thomas Newton, who had been a student at both Oxford and Cambridge. ...
William Shakespeare
... Shakespearean comedies? Do you like Shakespeare? Why or why not? Before seeing the play, have students brainstorm a list of the types of characters, situations, emotions, themes, locations and images they think might be included in a play called “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” What are some other possi ...
... Shakespearean comedies? Do you like Shakespeare? Why or why not? Before seeing the play, have students brainstorm a list of the types of characters, situations, emotions, themes, locations and images they think might be included in a play called “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” What are some other possi ...
Two Gentlemen of Verona
... erhaps more than any other work of Shakespeare’s, The Two Gentlemen of Verona* needs to be taken for what it is: a product of its time written by a young poet-dramatist seeking his way in what was for him a new genre…. The genre was romantic comedy, in the sense we mean when we mention the masterpie ...
... erhaps more than any other work of Shakespeare’s, The Two Gentlemen of Verona* needs to be taken for what it is: a product of its time written by a young poet-dramatist seeking his way in what was for him a new genre…. The genre was romantic comedy, in the sense we mean when we mention the masterpie ...
2015 Season of Outdoor Theatres in North America Member
... James Harrod: The Battle For Kentucky - Thursdays-Saturdays in July 2015 George Washington Slept Here - April 24-26 and May 1-3 Pride and Prejudice - March 6-8 and 13-15 State Fair the Musical - June 11-14 and 18-21 Ragged Edge Community Theatre is located in historic Harrodsburg and offers main sta ...
... James Harrod: The Battle For Kentucky - Thursdays-Saturdays in July 2015 George Washington Slept Here - April 24-26 and May 1-3 Pride and Prejudice - March 6-8 and 13-15 State Fair the Musical - June 11-14 and 18-21 Ragged Edge Community Theatre is located in historic Harrodsburg and offers main sta ...
The Closure of the Theatres
... ‘Puritan’ and ‘antitheatricalist’ overlapped somewhat there were plenty of Puritans who liked theatre and non-Puritans who hated it.6 As Kastan observed, the third Earl of Pembroke, Sir William Herbert, was known as a senior Puritan yet he patronized Ben Jonson and was a dedicatee of the 1623 Folio ...
... ‘Puritan’ and ‘antitheatricalist’ overlapped somewhat there were plenty of Puritans who liked theatre and non-Puritans who hated it.6 As Kastan observed, the third Earl of Pembroke, Sir William Herbert, was known as a senior Puritan yet he patronized Ben Jonson and was a dedicatee of the 1623 Folio ...
William Shakespeare
... Shakespeare’s Macbeth Macbeth was first performed at Hampton Court Palace before James I and his guests in 1606. The storyline, like that of most of Shakespeare's plays, was not original, and in this case was based on fact. T The story was familiar to James: he had inherited the throne of Scotland ...
... Shakespeare’s Macbeth Macbeth was first performed at Hampton Court Palace before James I and his guests in 1606. The storyline, like that of most of Shakespeare's plays, was not original, and in this case was based on fact. T The story was familiar to James: he had inherited the throne of Scotland ...
Shakespeare and Metatheatre
... untimely ends of such as have moved tumults, commotions, and insurrections […] If we present a Tragedy, we include the fatal and abortive ends of such as commit notorious murders, which is aggravated and acted with all the Art that may be, to terrify men from the like abhorred practises. [...] If a ...
... untimely ends of such as have moved tumults, commotions, and insurrections […] If we present a Tragedy, we include the fatal and abortive ends of such as commit notorious murders, which is aggravated and acted with all the Art that may be, to terrify men from the like abhorred practises. [...] If a ...
Shakespeare FAQ
... It is true we don’t know Shakespeare’s date of birth. We know it was in 1564 but our only record at this time was of his baptism at the Holy Trinity Church on April the 26th. By convention and some guesswork, Shakespeare’s birthday is by tradition celebrated three days earlier on April the 23rd. At ...
... It is true we don’t know Shakespeare’s date of birth. We know it was in 1564 but our only record at this time was of his baptism at the Holy Trinity Church on April the 26th. By convention and some guesswork, Shakespeare’s birthday is by tradition celebrated three days earlier on April the 23rd. At ...
TTNK Final Educational Packet
... the Globe and Blackfriars Theatre. Together, Beaumont and Fletcher created their own folio of 53 plays. Between his solo works and collaborated works (alongside authors such as Massinger, Jonson, and Shakespeare), he had written a total of 55 plays in his life. John Fletcher died on August 29, 1625 ...
... the Globe and Blackfriars Theatre. Together, Beaumont and Fletcher created their own folio of 53 plays. Between his solo works and collaborated works (alongside authors such as Massinger, Jonson, and Shakespeare), he had written a total of 55 plays in his life. John Fletcher died on August 29, 1625 ...
Shakespeare Schools foundation: festival stage Director
... “My heart was beating really fast until I had said all my lines and my bit was over. Then I felt like I wanted to do it all again” Jacub, Student ...
... “My heart was beating really fast until I had said all my lines and my bit was over. Then I felt like I wanted to do it all again” Jacub, Student ...
Link to the annotated list
... A collection of twenty short scenes from six Shakespeare plays: "Macbeth, " "Much Ado About Nothing, " "A Midsummer Night's Dream, " "King Lear, " "As You Like It, " and "The Taming of the Shrew." Each scene is preceded by a plot synopsis and descriptions of the characters. Shakespare for Kids serie ...
... A collection of twenty short scenes from six Shakespeare plays: "Macbeth, " "Much Ado About Nothing, " "A Midsummer Night's Dream, " "King Lear, " "As You Like It, " and "The Taming of the Shrew." Each scene is preceded by a plot synopsis and descriptions of the characters. Shakespare for Kids serie ...
Production Notes
... Born in Sudbury, Ontario, Antoni Cimolino graduated in 1984 from the University of Windsor’s School of Dramatic Art. He began his Stratford career in 1988 as an actor, playing such roles as Flute in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1989), Claudio in Measure for Measure (1992), Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (1 ...
... Born in Sudbury, Ontario, Antoni Cimolino graduated in 1984 from the University of Windsor’s School of Dramatic Art. He began his Stratford career in 1988 as an actor, playing such roles as Flute in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1989), Claudio in Measure for Measure (1992), Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (1 ...
hamlet - Los Angeles Women`s Shakespeare Company
... In concert with this production of Hamlet, LAWSC will mentor college interns, offer educational programs for high school and college drama students, and offer talkbacks and symposia before and after select performances for the community at large – all part of the company’s ongoing commitment to gras ...
... In concert with this production of Hamlet, LAWSC will mentor college interns, offer educational programs for high school and college drama students, and offer talkbacks and symposia before and after select performances for the community at large – all part of the company’s ongoing commitment to gras ...
Shakespeare in the Spring Essay Contest 2013
... The University of Akron Akron, OH 44325-1906 All submissions must be in MLA documentation style and include a Works Cited page. Include your name, UA email address, phone number, instructor’s name, the class name, course number, and the date the paper was originally submitted to the ...
... The University of Akron Akron, OH 44325-1906 All submissions must be in MLA documentation style and include a Works Cited page. Include your name, UA email address, phone number, instructor’s name, the class name, course number, and the date the paper was originally submitted to the ...
Shakespeare Research Project EXAMPLE
... The Globe was Shakespeare’s Theater. The Theater was constructed in 1576 and burned down in 1613. In the Theater, actors performed in Shakespeare’s ...
... The Globe was Shakespeare’s Theater. The Theater was constructed in 1576 and burned down in 1613. In the Theater, actors performed in Shakespeare’s ...
The Marquee - Elon University
... Performance Conservatory in Helena, MT, then training in Commedia dell’Arte with Antonio Fava in Reggio Emilia, Italy. Fred Rubeck will be attending the Association for Theatre in Higher Education conference in New Orleans. He is the Chair of the Playwrights Program and serves on the Long-Range Plan ...
... Performance Conservatory in Helena, MT, then training in Commedia dell’Arte with Antonio Fava in Reggio Emilia, Italy. Fred Rubeck will be attending the Association for Theatre in Higher Education conference in New Orleans. He is the Chair of the Playwrights Program and serves on the Long-Range Plan ...
the 2007 programme of events
... scholarship in history in 1957. After a stint at the Birmingham Repertory Company, he was invited by Laurence Olivier to become a founding member of the new National Theatre. Equally accomplished in film and television, he achieved stardom as the Roman Emperor Claudius in the immensely popular BBC s ...
... scholarship in history in 1957. After a stint at the Birmingham Repertory Company, he was invited by Laurence Olivier to become a founding member of the new National Theatre. Equally accomplished in film and television, he achieved stardom as the Roman Emperor Claudius in the immensely popular BBC s ...
Dramaturg and Director`s Note Scholar David Bevington tells us that
... with which audiences might be able to relate. To focus on the beauty of Shakespeare’s language I determined that a “radio play” concept would best highlight the language and the attention to “creating” the ambient sounds of the island would help create an auditory experience for the audience, while ...
... with which audiences might be able to relate. To focus on the beauty of Shakespeare’s language I determined that a “radio play” concept would best highlight the language and the attention to “creating” the ambient sounds of the island would help create an auditory experience for the audience, while ...
atomizes the play. Perhaps a concluding chapter that wove together
... address to ‘Soft infancy, that nothing canst but cry’ (2.2.105). While Troilus’ ‘infancy’ might certainly equate him to a lawyer-in-training, Cassandra surely uses the word with its more general meaning of ‘babyhood’. Elsewhere he says that 3.1 ‘includes a trial or arraignment, recurrent in Inns of ...
... address to ‘Soft infancy, that nothing canst but cry’ (2.2.105). While Troilus’ ‘infancy’ might certainly equate him to a lawyer-in-training, Cassandra surely uses the word with its more general meaning of ‘babyhood’. Elsewhere he says that 3.1 ‘includes a trial or arraignment, recurrent in Inns of ...
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) is a regional repertory theatre in Ashland, Oregon, United States. The festival annually produces eleven plays on three stages during a season that lasts from February to early November. From inception in 1935 through the end of the 2014 season (excepting the war years 1941–1946) the Festival has presented all 37 of Shakespeare's plays a total of 303 times and 293 other plays a total of 327 times for a total of some 29,200 performances to an audience totaling approximately fifteen million. A complete list by year and theater is available at the Main article: Production history of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.