VanBennekom, Angel - University of Delaware
... the Bard: “classical,” “traditional,” “family-friendly,” “experimental,” or “authentic.” But the so-called “authentic” way to perform Shakespeare in our modern theatrical age is both a reality and a myth; we no longer bow down before the classically trained actors from the Royal Shakespeare Company ...
... the Bard: “classical,” “traditional,” “family-friendly,” “experimental,” or “authentic.” But the so-called “authentic” way to perform Shakespeare in our modern theatrical age is both a reality and a myth; we no longer bow down before the classically trained actors from the Royal Shakespeare Company ...
Press Release - Salvador Dali Foundation
... inauguration was the Dalí Foundation’s general secretary, Lluís Peñuelas. This year the temporary exhibition at Púbol is dedicated to Salvador Dalí’s involvement in the theatre production of Shakespeare’s As you like it directed by Luchino Visconti at the Teatro Eliseo in Rome in 1948. It will be op ...
... inauguration was the Dalí Foundation’s general secretary, Lluís Peñuelas. This year the temporary exhibition at Púbol is dedicated to Salvador Dalí’s involvement in the theatre production of Shakespeare’s As you like it directed by Luchino Visconti at the Teatro Eliseo in Rome in 1948. It will be op ...
Read the Program
... girls. If the others don’t see them that way, it’s their problem. You spoke in rehearsals about contemporary parallels, how The Comedy of Errors relects our world today. Yes, I think there’s something very contemporary and rather vulgar about the play, the way the characters are so anxious to shame ...
... girls. If the others don’t see them that way, it’s their problem. You spoke in rehearsals about contemporary parallels, how The Comedy of Errors relects our world today. Yes, I think there’s something very contemporary and rather vulgar about the play, the way the characters are so anxious to shame ...
2009-2010 - Shakespeare Theatre Company
... The Company also honored great talent this season. Sir Ian McKellen, one of the most renowned Shakespearean actors of our time, was presented with the William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre at the third Harman Center for the Arts Annual Gala. The gala performance once again welcomed several ...
... The Company also honored great talent this season. Sir Ian McKellen, one of the most renowned Shakespearean actors of our time, was presented with the William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre at the third Harman Center for the Arts Annual Gala. The gala performance once again welcomed several ...
Macbeth - Nashville Shakespeare Festival
... Scottish warrior lords Macbeth and Banquo defeat the King of Norwayʼs army and the traitor Thane of Cawdor in battle. Afterwards, three witches meet in a barren wasteland and plan to meet Macbeth, Thane of Glamis. As Macbeth and Banquo survey the dead on the battlefield, the witches hail Macbeth as ...
... Scottish warrior lords Macbeth and Banquo defeat the King of Norwayʼs army and the traitor Thane of Cawdor in battle. Afterwards, three witches meet in a barren wasteland and plan to meet Macbeth, Thane of Glamis. As Macbeth and Banquo survey the dead on the battlefield, the witches hail Macbeth as ...
2011-2012 - Shakespeare Theatre Company
... award on behalf of everyone who has worked tirelessly for this on-going artistic adventure. With our 25th anniversary, we commemorated all of the traits that make the Shakespeare Theatre Company a pillar of the community. We began with the beloved Washington tradition, Free For All, now in Sidney Ha ...
... award on behalf of everyone who has worked tirelessly for this on-going artistic adventure. With our 25th anniversary, we commemorated all of the traits that make the Shakespeare Theatre Company a pillar of the community. We began with the beloved Washington tradition, Free For All, now in Sidney Ha ...
Old Times - Shakespeare Theatre Company
... of Petrushka will take the stage in March, and we continue to plan the two previously announced performances that will be performed in concertstyle staging as part of The Bard’s Broadway. Thank you for joining us. I hope to see you in our theatres for many more performances, both this season and nex ...
... of Petrushka will take the stage in March, and we continue to plan the two previously announced performances that will be performed in concertstyle staging as part of The Bard’s Broadway. Thank you for joining us. I hope to see you in our theatres for many more performances, both this season and nex ...
Much Ado About Nothing - Shakespeare Theatre Company
... I was fortunate enough to sit and chat recently with Christopher Plummer, one of the best of the Benedicks in theatrical memory and the recipient of our Will Award in 1990. In this issue, Ethan McSweeny sits with his Benedick, Derek Smith, to discuss the upcoming production in which he joins fellow ...
... I was fortunate enough to sit and chat recently with Christopher Plummer, one of the best of the Benedicks in theatrical memory and the recipient of our Will Award in 1990. In this issue, Ethan McSweeny sits with his Benedick, Derek Smith, to discuss the upcoming production in which he joins fellow ...
Deathtrap As You Like It Les Misérables The Merry Wives of
... This is more than an entertainment. It’s an immersive cultural experience that I hope will transport you to a world of history and imagination, passion and poetry. And you will have a lot of fun to boot! ...
... This is more than an entertainment. It’s an immersive cultural experience that I hope will transport you to a world of history and imagination, passion and poetry. And you will have a lot of fun to boot! ...
File
... Hermia, a young Athenian woman, wishes to marry her boyfriend Lysander; her father, Egeus, forbids the marriage because he wants his daughter to marry another man, Demetrius. The Duke tells Hermia that she must obey her father; if she does not, she could be executed or live the rest of her life in a ...
... Hermia, a young Athenian woman, wishes to marry her boyfriend Lysander; her father, Egeus, forbids the marriage because he wants his daughter to marry another man, Demetrius. The Duke tells Hermia that she must obey her father; if she does not, she could be executed or live the rest of her life in a ...
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
... and to stage Jacobean plays in their intended atmosphere. It has a capacity of 340 people, with two tiers of galleried seating and a pit seating area. The theatre is predominantly lit by pure beeswax candles. The building has been designed using painstaking research into the materials, methods and d ...
... and to stage Jacobean plays in their intended atmosphere. It has a capacity of 340 people, with two tiers of galleried seating and a pit seating area. The theatre is predominantly lit by pure beeswax candles. The building has been designed using painstaking research into the materials, methods and d ...
Thumbnail Bios for Jeff Equity Nominees
... Midsummer Night's Dream, Short Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra, Twelth Night, Othello, Much Ado About Nothing and The Winter's Tale. Other Chicago credits include: A Christmas Carol and The Rose Tattoo at Goodman; The Time of Your Life, Steppenwolf; Kindertransport, Ap ...
... Midsummer Night's Dream, Short Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra, Twelth Night, Othello, Much Ado About Nothing and The Winter's Tale. Other Chicago credits include: A Christmas Carol and The Rose Tattoo at Goodman; The Time of Your Life, Steppenwolf; Kindertransport, Ap ...
Seattle Theatre Group_Encore Arts Seattle
... enthusiasts, but the lesser known titles don’t draw large audiences or . . . they are just plain difficult to stage for modern audiences. That’s when a director’s vision can make all the difference. Sometimes a play’s fortune changes. Titus Andronicus, popular during Shakespeare’s life, went 300 yea ...
... enthusiasts, but the lesser known titles don’t draw large audiences or . . . they are just plain difficult to stage for modern audiences. That’s when a director’s vision can make all the difference. Sometimes a play’s fortune changes. Titus Andronicus, popular during Shakespeare’s life, went 300 yea ...
ROMEO AND JULIET
... Carnival (Venice by the way ruled Verona for three hundred years). The Baroque began in Italy, the statues and symbols that we turn to for inspiration are above all Italian – products of a Golden Age that lasted from the Florence of the Medici to French Revolution. Our Italy is an Italy of the imagi ...
... Carnival (Venice by the way ruled Verona for three hundred years). The Baroque began in Italy, the statues and symbols that we turn to for inspiration are above all Italian – products of a Golden Age that lasted from the Florence of the Medici to French Revolution. Our Italy is an Italy of the imagi ...
here - Shakespeare`s Globe
... anyone who wants to see the lot. If you’re prepared to stand, you can see every play of Shakespeare’s, each in a different language, for only £100. The Globe to Globe festival will be a carnival of stories. There are inspirational stories – companies who work underground and in war zones; momentous ...
... anyone who wants to see the lot. If you’re prepared to stand, you can see every play of Shakespeare’s, each in a different language, for only £100. The Globe to Globe festival will be a carnival of stories. There are inspirational stories – companies who work underground and in war zones; momentous ...
Love and Information-Encore Arts San Francisco
... our expansive course of study for adults. Our alumni often grace our mainstage and perform around the Bay Area, as well as stages and screens across the country. A.C.T. also brings the benefits of theater-based arts education to more than 10,000 Bay Area school students each year. Central to our ACT ...
... our expansive course of study for adults. Our alumni often grace our mainstage and perform around the Bay Area, as well as stages and screens across the country. A.C.T. also brings the benefits of theater-based arts education to more than 10,000 Bay Area school students each year. Central to our ACT ...
The Tragedy of Hamlet By William Shakespeare
... The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; ...
... The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; ...
Enter Shakespeare`s Young Hamlet, 1589.
... protagonist, were based on the first quarto of Hamlet, published in 1603. Christopher Marino, the director, takes it “As a testament to Q1” that “a five, seven and eight-year-old sat through the entire thing, and still talk about it”, and he recommended that Q1 Hamlet should be “the go-to text” for ...
... protagonist, were based on the first quarto of Hamlet, published in 1603. Christopher Marino, the director, takes it “As a testament to Q1” that “a five, seven and eight-year-old sat through the entire thing, and still talk about it”, and he recommended that Q1 Hamlet should be “the go-to text” for ...
Abstracts and Bios
... Shylock’s bond, since to do so would be to wilfully undo Venice’s unimpeachable status (3.3.26-31). In the eyes of law and economy then, the two are as equally expendable as they are valuable. Additionally, common religious and ancestral origins unite their religious affiliations and humanity, as do ...
... Shylock’s bond, since to do so would be to wilfully undo Venice’s unimpeachable status (3.3.26-31). In the eyes of law and economy then, the two are as equally expendable as they are valuable. Additionally, common religious and ancestral origins unite their religious affiliations and humanity, as do ...
Women in Shakespeare
... mind, but a woman’s might. How hard it is for women to keep counsel! (Julius Caesar, II, iv, ll.6-9) The male world of Rome, defined by Brutus and Caesar, is not as clear-cut as it appears. Brutus is defined by ‘the contradictions embedded in his culture [which] are set at war.’ (21) Brutus is divid ...
... mind, but a woman’s might. How hard it is for women to keep counsel! (Julius Caesar, II, iv, ll.6-9) The male world of Rome, defined by Brutus and Caesar, is not as clear-cut as it appears. Brutus is defined by ‘the contradictions embedded in his culture [which] are set at war.’ (21) Brutus is divid ...
Ah, Wilderness! Performance Program
... down all the other plays I would love to see that particular ...
... down all the other plays I would love to see that particular ...
William Shakespeare`s The Tragedy of - Hampden
... actually performing the play. The cause of this fear stems from a long line of misfortune that seems to haunt performances of the play. Legend has it the first occurrence was on opening night in 1606, when the young boy who was to play Lady Macbeth, dropped dead backstage just before the curtain rose ...
... actually performing the play. The cause of this fear stems from a long line of misfortune that seems to haunt performances of the play. Legend has it the first occurrence was on opening night in 1606, when the young boy who was to play Lady Macbeth, dropped dead backstage just before the curtain rose ...
the Ondine program guide
... Carly Cioffi - (Director) Carly is an actor, director, producer, and teacher. She currently teaches Acting in American Conservatory Theater’s Studio A.C.T. program. She has also previously worked at A.C.T. as both Artistic Associate and Associate Director of the Conservatory. She has taught both act ...
... Carly Cioffi - (Director) Carly is an actor, director, producer, and teacher. She currently teaches Acting in American Conservatory Theater’s Studio A.C.T. program. She has also previously worked at A.C.T. as both Artistic Associate and Associate Director of the Conservatory. She has taught both act ...
Tragic Hero
... operating against the hero to succeed rather than allowing the hero to succeed. Thus, the only decision left to the tragic hero is to meet death with dignity. The reason why the hero cannot make the right crucial choice(s) is because there is some weakness in the personality of the heroic character ...
... operating against the hero to succeed rather than allowing the hero to succeed. Thus, the only decision left to the tragic hero is to meet death with dignity. The reason why the hero cannot make the right crucial choice(s) is because there is some weakness in the personality of the heroic character ...
Colorado Shakespeare Festival
The Colorado Shakespeare Festival is a professional acting company in association with the University of Colorado Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder. It was established in 1958, making it one of the oldest such festivals in the United States, and has roots going back to the early 1900s.Each summer, the festival draws about 25,000 patrons to see the works of Shakespeare, as well as classics and contemporary plays, in the Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre and indoor University Theatre.The company is made up of professional actors, directors, designers and artisans from around the United States and the world, along with student interns from around the nation.Timothy Orr, the current producing artistic director, was hired in 2014 after serving as an actor in the company since 2007 and associate producing artistic director since 2011.