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Category Archives: Shakespeare
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Audio, IF presents *Romeo and Juliet*
00:01—Pre-show music 28:30—Show Notes 31:40—Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet 1:50:30—500 Miles The Script: R&J cut August ***** Improbable Fictions presents Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet 7:30, September 5, 2013, at the Dinah Washington CAC Romeo…………………………………………..Michael Witherell Juliet………………………………………………..Katherine Gates Capulet…………………………………………………Glen Johnson Lady Capulet……………………………………..Natalie Hopper Nurse……………………………………………………..Soapy Jones Tybalt……………………………………………………Kirstin Bone Montague………………………………………………..Matt Kelley Benvolio………………………………………………..Joey Gamble Prince………………………………………….Mark Hughes Cobb Mercutio…………………………………………………Exa Skinner Paris……………………………………………….Colin WhitworthContinue reading “Audio, IF presents *Romeo and Juliet*”
Winter’s Tale at Manderson Landing
Good news! Shakespeare is back in the Park at Manderson Landing, in 2 shows, and is still Free. The first show, The Winter’s Tale, is a late tragic-comic-romance about the consequences of jealousy and the redemption of a man who nearly destroys his family. There are deaths, threats, and the chance that the wholeContinue reading “Winter’s Tale at Manderson Landing”
Firsts
You can find the program for last Thursday’s reading of Elizabeth Cary’s The Tragedy of Mariam here: Mariam, program and director’s notes Also, I’m sad to say that I didn’t manage to make an audio recording of this staged reading. This has been a crazy March for the Strode Program at U of A. However, there is one more recordContinue reading “Firsts”
Spring 2013
Casting Call: Julius Caesar
But to present Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, we need actors. If you’re interested in participating in this staged reading, contact the director, Professor David Ainsworth, at dainsworth@ua.edu. You can find his cut of the script here: JuliusDACut
IF presents Timon of Athens
@ The Greensboro Room of Bama Theatre Pre-show music at 7:10pm Staged reading at 7:30pm Free Admission ($1 donations to the Bama Theatre Restoration Fund appreciated) Come see IF’s staged reading of Shakespeare’s unfinished work *Timon of Athens*, a parable of generosity, greed, and the ancient Greek economy. More importantly, it also has some ofContinue reading “IF presents Timon of Athens”
Foul or Fair
Macbeth Royal Shakespeare Company June 27, 2011, 7:15pm “Macbeth. Macbeth. Macbeth.” Imagine that you’re a soldier in the sixteenth century. You’re at the edges of a battlefield, caked in the blood of your enemies. You make your way through a abandoned, desecrated church: the stained glass windows are smashed to bits, the statues are reducedContinue reading “Foul or Fair”
Sprockets and Springes 