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A Cool PreSummer’s Night

Posted on May 30, 2019 by djnpub

I kicked off my theater season with CalShakes first play of the season, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This was the first run of this year’s solo configuration for CSF for me. It was an enjoyable evening and nice to be … Continue reading →

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Henry V

Posted on September 20, 2018 by djnpub

I ended my visit to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival with a wonderful production of Henry V. This completed the Henriad tetralogy that started in 2016 with Richard II and the two parts of Henry IV that I saw last year. … Continue reading →

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The Book Of Will

Posted on September 19, 2018 by djnpub

For my last outdoor production in the Elizabethan Theatre this visit, I saw a new play The Book of Will. It told the story of how, a few years after William Shakespeare’s death, his friends got together and tried to … Continue reading →

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Romeo and Juliet

Posted on September 18, 2018 by djnpub

Tonight I returned to the outdoor Elizabethan Theatre to see one of my favorite Shakespeare plays, Romeo and Juliet. I guess by categorizing it as a favorite, I set the bar higher for my expectations. This production had some weaknesses … Continue reading →

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Othello

Posted on September 16, 2018 by djnpub

This evening I trekked back to the Angus Bowmer Theatre to see OSF’s production of Othello. As I’ve said before, among all Shakespeare’s tragedies, this one bothers me the most because ultimately a good guy is brought down by a … Continue reading →

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Snow in Midsummer

Posted on September 16, 2018 by djnpub

This afternoon I attended a matinee in the Bowmer Theatre of the next play in my OSF visit, Snow in Midsummer. This was a modern play, based on an old Chinese story, that dealt with injustice and vengeance, and it … Continue reading →

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Sense and Sensibility

Posted on September 15, 2018 by djnpub

Today I attended a matinee in the Bowmer Theatre of the next play in my OSF visit, Jane Austin’s Sense and Sensibility. I had seen this a year or so ago at the Livermore Shakespeare Festival, but I didn’t really … Continue reading →

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Love’s Labor’s Lost Again

Posted on September 14, 2018 by djnpub

Prior to my visit to CoSF in Boulder earlier this summer, it had been 18 years since I’d seen Love’s Labor’s Lost. Tonight I saw it again in the outdoor Elizabethan Theatre as my first play in my visit to … Continue reading →

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The War of the Roses

Posted on August 30, 2018 by djnpub

Tonight I saw an ambitious play as the last entry in this year’s CalShakes season. It was an adaptation by Eric Ting and Philippa Kelly merging Shakespeare’s 4 plays Henry VI (parts 1, 2, and 3) and Richard III into … Continue reading →

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Edward III OP

Posted on August 5, 2018 by djnpub

Tonight I saw the last play in this year’s Colorado Shakespeare Festival visit. It was a good way to end the run. It was an original practices production of Edward III, a play which is not in the Shakespeare Canon, … Continue reading →

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