A Teacher’s-Eye View: Albiani Middle School
This month we’ll begin our 26th school year of Shakespeare on Tour, packing Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors into a van that will travel about 10,000 miles across California before April. In celebration of our tour program, we’ve asked teachers at a couple of our long-time school partners to explain how watching a Shakespeare on […]
Midsummer Library Talk
We perform and present in libraries throughout the Bay Area, and it’s part of the joy of working in a Shakespeare theater. In this talk, director Rebecca Ennals shares a personal story about how she first encountered A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She puts it well in her program note: “It’s my third time directing this […]
6 Facts about Mendelssohn and His Wedding March
by Kalina Ko, Literary Intern Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream inspired many different artists. Felix Mendelssohn, a German composer, was one of those artists. One Mendelssohn’s most famous pieces of music is his Wedding March, which was inspired by a performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream that he saw. Below are some facts about Mendelssohn and his […]
Lord, What Fools These Mortals Be! — A Dramaturgical Talk
by Kalina Ko, Literary Intern On June 29, I gave a dramaturgical talk before our invited dress rehearsal. The talk focused on salient aspects of our production that had come up during rehearsal and that I felt were interesting and relevant to our modern day life. Since then, I’ve had the opportunity to talk with […]
Picnics!
We love seeing picnics in the park, even if all you do is grab some sammiches or a pizza on your way in. There’s nothing like good food and good friends as a prelude to some outdoor Shakespeare. We walk nimbly and carefully through the crowd to snap these pics, and even though we haven’t […]
Words We Get from Shakespeare: Swagger
This word also makes cameos in King Lear and Henry IV Part 2.
Shakespeare on the Big Screen
by Kalina Ko, Literary Intern This summer, a new film adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by Casey Wilder Mott will be available to watch in cinemas. Mott has adapted the play to take place in modern day Hollywood rather than ancient Athens. The re-imagination of the play capitalizes on the reputation of Hollywood […]
Words We Get From Shakespeare: Mimic
The shortened form of “minikin” became mimic and came to refer to anyone who imitates so someone. It wasn’t used as a verb until after Shakespeare’s time.
Words We Get From Shakespeare: Manager
Also appearing in Love’s Labors Lost!