Past Seasons

The Dark Lady of the Sonnets, Shakes Versus Shaw, and more

January 19, 2009

    The Dark Lady of the Sonnets (1910): In which Will Shakespeare meets Elizabeth I on a moonlit night! Is she the fabled Dark Lady?

    Shakes Versus Shaw: In which Shaw and Shakespeare (and several of their literary characters) duke it out! Who wins?

    Cymbeline Refinished (1937): In which Shaw sends up the endlessly confusing final Shakespearean act of Cymbeline, bringing us a speedy and happily larkish finale!

    All written by George Bernard Shaw.

    Cast for THE DARK LADY OF THE SONNETS:

    Shakespeare – Mr. Daniel Jenkins
    Queen Elizabeth – Ms. Jayne Houdyshell
    Mary Fitton – Ms. Liz Morton
    The Warder – Mr. Robert Stanton
    Narrator – Mr. David Cote

    Cast for SHAKES VS. SHAV:

    Shakespeare – Mr. Robert Stanton
    Shavius – Mr. Daniel Jenkins
    Macbeth / Ellie Dunn / Narrator – Ms. Jayne Houdyshell
    Rob Roy / Captain Shotover – Mr. David Cote

    Cast for CYMBELINE REFINISHED:

    A – Mr. Robert Stanton
    B – Mr. Daniel Jenkins
    Narrator – Ms. Jayne Houdyshell

    Also presented:
    Macbeth Skit, written in 1916
    Glastonbury Skit, written in 1916

    Evening hosted by Mr. David Cote of TIME OUT NY

    Produced and directed by Mr. David Staller

    Photos

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    • The Cast