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- Much Ado About Nothing
Folger Theatre
21 October at 19:30
Folger Shakespeare Library Congratulations to actor Tony Nam (currently playing Don Pedro in "Much Ado", an amazing puppeteer in "Measure for Measure") and wife Nora on the birth of their son today. Jeffrey Scott did a great job stepping in as Don Pedro for today's performances. Tony returns to the role Wednesday.
Robert H. Rempe The Wittgenstein / Stoppard / Hamlet connection and fun exercises in language by Robert H. Rempe, Ph.D.
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Folger Shakespeare Library our troupe of actor-educators, Bill's Buddies, borrowed the Weird Sisters' costumes from Macbeth and got to go trick-or-treating at the White House on Saturday.
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David Benoit currently resides in character-actor heaven. Which is located, if you're wondering, at 14th and P streets NW -- on the fourth floor.
Folger Shakespeare Library Previews start tonight! Check out Folger Theatre's Caribbean-inspired "Much Ado" and see how well we do on the ratio of calypso to Bard.
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THIS WEEK: Theaters are constantly trying to think of ways to make Shakespeare new. Sometimes it works, sometimes it's Secret Agent "Richard II."
Folger Shakespeare Library From Friday's Weekend section in the Washington Post, Folger Theatre director Timothy Douglas shares why he couldn't imagine setting his upcoming production of "Much Ado" anywhere but modern-day DC and our Caribbean community. Previews start tomorrow!
Director Timothy Douglas Uses D.C. Flavor as 'Much Ado About Nothing's' Backdrop - washingtonpost.co
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Washington is nearly half a world away from the Italian city of Messina, where Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" takes place. But in a new adaptation of the Bard's romantic comedy, Leonato's court is coming to the nation's capital.
Folger Shakespeare Library Show some love! Vote the Folger as DC's best spot for readings and share your comments about why Folger Poetry and PEN/Faulkner readings here are so special (for me it's the good acoustics and fabulous brownies at the receptions afterwards). Plus write in the Folger for museum, theater, and music. Ends today, October 16!
Maureen Quinn Lawlor
Visited the Library last year with my Sister Pat and we were very lucky to have my Nephew Steve give us a great tour. He is working as a atiquarian at this wonderful Library.
We would love to go again
As always,
Aunt Maureen
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Reluctant lovers Beatrice and Benedick conceal their attraction behind a merry war of wit in Shakespeare’s romantic, clever comedy. The play’s musical language resonates with Caribbean rhythm in this colorful production set in the heart of Washington, DC in the days leading up to the annual DC Caribbean Carnival. Find ...out more at www.folger.edu/theatre.
From Washington City Paper's 2009 Fall Arts Preview:
"With any luck, Timothy Douglas's Caribbean update of Much Ado About Nothing will make an even more joyful noise. There’s reason to hope: Douglas made dazzling work out of Robert O’Hara’s uproarious Insurrection: Holding History at Theater Alliance a couple of years back, and his no-nonsense résumé includes the world premiere of August Wilson’s final play, Radio Golf. Bonus good sign: The guy who’ll be playing Benedick, the fast-talking, Beatrice-bashing smart-mouth brought to his knees by love? That would be Howard Overshown, a veteran of shows as diverse as Dael Orlandersmith’s Yellowman and Sarah Ruhl’s Passion Play." —Trey GrahamRead more
From Washington City Paper's 2009 Fall Arts Preview:
"With any luck, Timothy Douglas's Caribbean update of Much Ado About Nothing will make an even more joyful noise. There’s reason to hope: Douglas made dazzling work out of Robert O’Hara’s uproarious Insurrection: Holding History at Theater Alliance a couple of years back, and his no-nonsense résumé includes the world premiere of August Wilson’s final play, Radio Golf. Bonus good sign: The guy who’ll be playing Benedick, the fast-talking, Beatrice-bashing smart-mouth brought to his knees by love? That would be Howard Overshown, a veteran of shows as diverse as Dael Orlandersmith’s Yellowman and Sarah Ruhl’s Passion Play." —Trey GrahamRead more
A fresh interpretation of Shakespeare's romantic classic.
Time:Wednesday, 21 October 2009 19:30
Location:Folger Theatre
Folger Shakespeare Library Meet Folger Theatre at the Crafty Bastards festival in Adams Morgan this Saturday from 10am to 5pm - hear about our fall programs & win free tickets to our Caribbean/DC-inspired Much Ado About Nothing (Oct 21 - Nov 29). Even hear a “Caribbean Oasis” featuring performances by DC Pan Jammers Steel Orchestra and stilt walkers from the Yacoumba Mask Society from 1 to 4pm!
Source: www.washingtoncitypaper.com
: #craftybastards friends-please stop by amp see @jenmenkhaus amp me in booth3. we will have goodies amp would love to see you so this is bribery.
Folger Shakespeare Library The Folger Consort and guest artists perform Italian and Chinese music circa 1610 in this season-opening concert. The program includes song and brilliant instrumental music by Francesca Caccini (the first woman to compose an opera), Sigismundo d’India, Biagio Marini, and others, along with Chinese music for pipa, a type of Chinese lute.
Classical music from Italy and China.
Time:Friday, 02 October 2009 20:00
Location:Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library Introducing our newest Folger Edition (and the first to include a Folger Theatre companion DVD)! "Macbeth: The DVD Edition" includes Folger text and scholarly essays + a film of the SRO Teller and Aaron Posner "horror show" production of "Macbeth" that played at Folger Theatre and Two River Theater Company in 2008. Sure to be a collector's editon ....
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Macbeth: The DVD Edition includes everything you've come to expect from the Folger Shakespeare Library editions of Shakespeare's plays -- facing-page explanatory notes, scene-by-scene plot summaries, illustrations ...
Folger Shakespeare Library Single tickets are on sale now for Folger Theatre, Folger Consort, Folger Poetry and Lectures, and PEN/Faulkner readings! Check out what's on and reserve your seats today, or call the Box Office at (202) 544-7077.
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Early modern Europeans imagined China asa land of wonder, of riches, and of enormous opportunity. Rare books and maps from the Folger collection, along with items from the Library of ...
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Decide someone's destiny! Submit your ideas for the best Shakespearean quotes to go inside fortune cookies that will be sold at the Folger Shop when the "Imagining China" exhibition opens this fall. The rules: 1) quotes must be no longer than 2 lines 2) no more than 35 characters and spaces per line 3) you must cite th...e play or poem the lines are taken from EMAIL your submissions to press@folger.edu by SEPTEMBER 3.Read more
Folger Shakespeare Library Today's Washington Post applauds our summer exhibition as "consistently fascinating" - hurry and see it by August 29, when it closes to make way for "Imagining China"!
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Nothing was wasted by old bookbinders, which is why it's not surprising to find discarded bits of text reused to make the bindings and covers of moldering tomes at the Folger Shakespeare Library. When old books are conserved, those secrets come to light.
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