Don’t say Macbeth, or even quote that play, in a theater. Ever. Theater people believe it will bring disaster. In actual fact, Constantine Stanislavski, Orson Welles and Charlton Heston all suffered some catastrophe during or just after a production of “The Scottish Play.” In 1849, more than 30 New Yorkers were…
In Shakespeare’s Swan Song: The Tempest, was he saying goodbye to the theatre? SPEAKING AS SHAKESPEARE by Philippa Kelly, NapaShakes dramaturg Near the end of The Tempest, Prospero, former Duke of Milan and more recently commander of the unnamed island on which the play is set, says: the strong-based promontory Have I…
THEATER | THE ART OF SLOW A Shakespeare for All Seasons By BEN BRANTLEY AUG. 20, 2015 The New York Times’ Ben Brantley writes about our evolving experience with Shakespeare at different points in our lives. For many theatergoers, summer is the season of Shakespeare, in the way it’s the season of corn and…
The Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre of London returns LIVE to the Napa Valley this November The Globe Theatre’s enthralling and inventive touring production of “Much Ado About Nothing” is coming to the USA in November, and NapaShakes is bringing it to the Napa Valley! An audience of only 250 people will experience this acclaimed troupe performing…
