Next
Stage Ensemble
Touring
Productions: Summer 2008
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Samuel
K. Shaw and Michael Littig in the Next Stage Ensemble
production of The London Assurance, 2005.
Photo: Warren Westura. |
The
Learned Ladies
by Molière
Available
for touring
June 21–August 10, 2008.
"A learned
fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool."
Recommended
for
ages 12
and up.
Approximate
running time:
1 hour.
From the French
master of classic comedy comes this lively, uproarious tale
of three women enthralled with one very untalented poet. Alternately
silly and razor-sharp, Molière's play sparkles with
wit and intelligence as he defends young love against the
pompous pretensions of the three “learned ladies,” obnoxious
social climbers for whom knowledge is just another piece of
haute couture.
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Jordan
Coughtry in the Next Stage Ensemble production of Henry
V, 2004.
Photo: Brian B. Crowe. |
Richard
II
by William Shakespeare
Available
for touring
July 11–August 10, 2008.
"Let us sit
upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kings."
Recommended
for
ages 12 and
up.
Approximate
running time:
1 hour.
A poignant and
poetic play about English history, Richard II contains
some of Shakespeare's most impassioned descriptions of his
homeland (“this earth, this realm, this England ”) but is
also the deeply relevant tale of one man's inner struggle
between his essential humanity and the absolute power of his
office. Although rarely produced, Richard II perfectly
demonstrates the Bard's ability to marry gripping political
history to haunting, insightful poetry.
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