Browsing articles tagged with " American Shakespeare Center"

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare

Dec 30, 2011   //   by Kate Powers   //   Director's Notebook, Productions

Harley Granville Barker, a director, Shakespeare scholar and clever redhead, wrote, “Let us humbly own how hard it is not to write nonsense about art.”  He wrote this in his preface to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which is a kind of nonsense that becomes art.  In no particular order, …

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And I have found Midsummer, like a jewel …

Aug 22, 2011   //   by Kate Powers   //   Director's Notebook, Shakespeare

I just finished an exhilarating, thrilling, grueling and very fun rehearsal process, directing A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the American Shakespeare Center.  There was no opening night.  At least, not yet.  My production comprises one-third of the 2011-2012 Almost Blasphemy Tour, and the day after our second dress rehearsal for …

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The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare

Nov 16, 2010   //   by Kate Powers   //   Productions
"Sir, / You speak a language that I understand not".

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