Bottled Poetry & The Bard
Bringing year-round professional productions featuring the world’s greatest actors, directors, musicians and theatre companies, NapaShakes is working to establish Napa Valley as a major destination for classical theatre, with the highest-quality performances on par with the Valley’s unparalleled culinary, wine, hospitality and scenic attractions.
And NapaShakes is committed to fostering an understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare’s life, times and writings through fun and challenging educational and community outreach programs benefitting residents, students and visitors alike.
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The Bard Abides
Was Shakespeare a Stoner? Recent evidence suggests: maybe. From CNN in London, United Kingdom: Was playwright William Shakespeare stoned when he penned masterpieces like “Hamlet” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”? New correspondence published in the South African Journal of Science highlights how an analysis of…
The British Are Coming (Back)!
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…
Nice and Ruff?
Is the Elizabethan Collar the Worst Fashion Trend in History? A Canadian Columnist Gets Rough on the Ruff “Arguably the most useless fashion ever was the collar ruff, becoming popular during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England. Ruffs were those elaborate, pleated collars that made the fashion victim look…
Unleash the Beast!
Our resident Dramaturg Dr. Philippa Kelly asks: WILL PASSION BRING OUT THE ASS IN YOU? The moment Bottom gets entangled as the object of Titania’s passion, he’s transformed into an ass (‘Oh Bottom, thou art translated.’) Does passion ‘translate’ people into their beastly selves, blunting their reason at the service of…
This...Napa Valley
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"This Blessed Plot, this Earth, this Realm, this Napa Valley" adapted from King Richard II, Act 2, Scene 1 ("This England"), attributed to John of Gaunt by William Shakespeare.