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Shakespeare's Valentine's
Just in time for the holiday that celebrates true love
with flowers and chocolate hearts, Hudson Shakespeare serves up a Valentine that
only the Bard could deliver. Starting off 2004 with the first of many
showcases, HSC presented selections from some of
Shakespeare's most immortal and dysfunctional couples for our debut in
Kenilworth, NJ. This showcase offered up
different takes on what it means to be in love. From the famous balcony
scene of two star crossed teenagers professing their love in the shadows to the
grotesque Richard III, who successfully woos the wife of the man he just killed,
Shakespeare Valentine's celebrates love Shakespeare Style, where all that
glisters is not gold and the most successful relationship is a between a pair of
murderers. Showcase scenes include selections from
Romeo and Juliet,
Hamlet,
Taming of the Shrew,
Much Ado About Nothing,
Richard III, Macbeth and
Shakespeare's Sonnets.
February 13, 2004
Taming of the Shrew -
Act II, Scene 1 "Meeting of Petruchio and Kate
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Petruchio attempts (Jon Ciccarelli) to woo an unimpressed Kate (Francine
Tychcuaco). |
"A
join'd stool" as the wooing gets desperate. |
Richard III -
Act I, Scene 2 "Encounter with the mourning Lady Anne"
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Richard (Jon Ciccarelli) disturbs the funeral procession of the late king. |
Lady
Anne (Heather Girardi) laments over her slain father in law, King Henry VI |
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Lady
Anne lashes out at Richard her husband's killer and future husband. |
Hamlet -
Act III, Scene 1 "Get thee to a nunnery"
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Hamlet (Rich Warren) ponders fate, life and his next move in his most famous
soliloquy. |
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loving advice to flee to a distraught Ophelia (Francine Tychuaco) |
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Love
turned to supposed betrayal as Ophelia is caught between duty to her father
and her lover. |
Much Ado About Nothing -
"Various scenes from the first half of show and
Act V, Scene 2"
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Beatrice (Francine Tychuaco) begins a spirited encounter of wits with
Benedick (Rich Warren) in the beginning scene of the play. |
Benedick dons a disguise during the masquerade scene to fool Beatrice into
thinking he is someone else. |
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Benedick finally smitten attempts to find the best note to express himself
to Beatrice. |
Macbeth -
"Various scenes from the show and
Act V, Scene 2"
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Macbeth (Jon Ciccarelli) and Lady Macbeth (Heather Girardi) reunite after
along absence. |
As
ambition burns in Lady Macbeth to kill the king, she strenghens her
husband's resolve.. |
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Life thrown asunder as Lady Macbeth laments the life she's lost and recounts
her and husband's downfall in the famous sleepwalking scene. |
Sonnets - "30 selected sonnets describing the evolution of
relationship"
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Female Sonneteer (Renee Ashcroft) is unmoved by her partner's (Rich Warren)
words as the two use Shakespeare's sonnets to express their side of the
relationship |
Romeo and Juliet -
"The Balcony Scene"
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Prior to revealing each
other, Romeo (Rich Warren) and Juliet (Francine Tychuaco) from different
perspectives as they ponder each other. |
A Midsummer Night's Dream -
"Encounter with Titania and Oberon"
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A precocious Titania
taunts her husband Oberon for his many indiscretions, but is rebuffed as
Oberon recounts hers. |
and "The Lover's quarrel.
A less than happy Lysander
(Rich Warren) under the spell of the love potion is reunited with his former
lover Hermia (Francine Tychuaco
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A less than happy
Lysander (Rich Warren) under the spell of the love potion is reunited with
his former lover Hermia (Francine Tychuaco) and he summarily dismisses her. |
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Under the influence of
the love potion Demetrius (Jon Ciccarelli) and Lysander (Rich Warren) spy
their prey Helena (Heather Girardi) and attack |
Cast
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Oberon/Narrator |
L. Robert Johnson |
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Kate/ophelia/beatrice/
juliet/hermia |
Francine Tychuaco |
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Pertuchio/Richard/
Musician/macbeth/demetrius |
Jon Ciccraelli |
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Lady
Anne/lady macbeth/titania/helena |
Heather Girardi |
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Hamlet/Benedick/romeo/
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sonneteer/
seyton/lysander |
Rich Warren |
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Female
SOnneteer |
Renee Ashcroft |
Location
David Brearley High School, Kenilworth, NJ
To view other
2004 School/Community Showcases
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Shakespeare's Valentine's
Kenilworth Library
Association
Kenilworth, NJ
February 14, 2004
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Romeo
and Juliet Sword Fighting Showcase
Scarsdale Middle
School
Scarsdale, NY
May 11, 2004
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Shakespeare and Sword Fighting Showcase
David Brearly Middle
& High School,
Kenilworth, New Jersey
May 18, 2004
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Lysistrata Performance
College
Misericordia - Dallas, PA
July 15, 2004 |
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Shakespeare and sword teen workshops
College
Misericordia, Dallas Pa
July 16, 2004 |
Coriolanus
Performance
College
Misericordia - Dallas, Pa
July 16,
2004 |
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Edgar Allen Poe
Showcase
Kenilworth
Library Association - Kenilworth, NJ
Date TBA |
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To view
other 2004 Shows
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