Because the trip to Indianapolis wouldn’t take me much time, I was fairly relaxed about getting on the road. I had been looking forward to this venue as much as Cymbeline and Love’s Labours Lost would be the only performance that I would see in Indiana. And, along with Cymbeline, this was one of the […]
I got lost in the language right away, the same way I get lost in a play in Stratford. Nothing about the production was distracting and I was smiling and laughing at all the laugh-line parts with the louder lady to my left. In a way, I was relieved. Getting there wasn’t much of an […]
Today was the last day of school and tomorrow we pack up the CR-V and head toward Pennsylvania for the first two plays of the journey. We’ll be stopping tomorrow at Youngstown, OH and the drive the rest of the way to Lancaster. I’m only down to the last four plays: Henry VI Parts 1, […]
For the past two weeks I’ve been starting to spend money like crazy. The Oregon trip is bought and paid for, as also all the plays in June and the July trip to the MidAtlantic. I was hoping to see Henry V at the Independent Shakespeare Company in LA, but like many performances, there’s only […]
Here’s a map of the summer of the performances that I’ve somewhat decided on to this point. I will go back later and add in dates and all, but this will give you some perspective on where I’ll be going this summer. (You might just want to click on the 40 Plays in 40 Days […]
So, here’s the update: Dropping the trip to Stratford, ON and adding Shakespeare & Company (Lenox, MA). I considered making another trip to the West Coast and hitting the Bard on the Beach Festival (Vancouver, BC), but I just can’t swing it. So, the plays that I don’t think I’ll be finding are: Henry VI […]
So, for those of you who have never heard of the play, there’s probably a good reason: it’s pretty rare. So, as I was musing on Twitter about the RSC had a part in the inspiration of my proposal, I decided to do a low-key search and after three pages about London’s production, I got […]
The swing through California probably will happen as I’ll be able to catch at least one show a day in my run through the Golden State. And now I’m considering New England. Though not a part of my original plan, I stumbled across a performance in late June of Henry IV Part I. As I’ve […]
I suppose it shouldn’t have surprised me, but my keen plan of flying into Salt Lake City, Utah and seeing the Utah Shakespearean Festival, then renting a car and driving to the Oregon Festival and then to Northern California before returning the car and hopping on a plane back home was a bit ambitious. But […]
My task is to see all of Shakespeare’s plays in one summer and as I was working on the logistics of the plan, I defaulted to “ball parking” my schedule. That is to say: I found two really good sources for locating theater companies that performed Shakespeare (This one and That one) and then made […]