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Shakespeare on the Green 08 |
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Much Ado About Nothing
June 19-22, July 2 & 5, 2008
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“O God, that I were a man! I would eat his heart in the market-place.”
Act IV, scene 1
As Beatrice and Benedick – old adversaries in the battle of the sexes – wage their “merry war” of witty insults, Benedick’s friend Claudio is deceived into thinking his beloved, Hero, has betrayed him. Potential tragedy yields to high comedy, however, as the lexically challenged Constable Dogberry stumbles upon the truth. |
King Lear
June 26-29,
July 3 & 6,
2008 |
“Oh, that way madness lies; let me shun that.”
Act III, scene 4
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Dividing his kingdom among three daughters, an aging monarch makes a catastrophic error of judgment that plunges him and those around him into a terrible abyss of suffering.
This heartrending drama of madness, loss and reconciliation is widely considered to be Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy – perhaps even the greatest play ever written. | | |
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