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Max Lander | Wednesday, February 6, 2019
The Actors From The London Stage will once again be performing Shakespeare at Notre Dame’s Washington Hall on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. This time, the team will be performing the famous tragedy, “King Lear.” Actors From The London Stage is a group that has a longstanding relationship with the University. It usually performs on campus
Grace McDermott | Thursday, September 27, 2018
All the world’s a stage and now Shakespeare at Notre Dame and the South Bend Civic Theater are partnering to make a stage for all the world. The two organizations are offering five Shakespeare performance workshops for people on the autism spectrum using the Hunter Heartbeat method. The Hunter Heartbeat method is a technique for
Mariah Rush | Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Shakespeare at Notre Dame, the University’s professional theater company, is ringing in the start of the school year with a continuation of its Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival (NDSF). Their production of “Othello,” directed by Cameron Knight, runs through this Sunday. The festival has also concluded its run of “The Merchant of Venice.” Grant Mudge, the
Madison Riehle | Wednesday, February 28, 2018
The Actors from the London Stage are returning to Notre Dame this week for their 36th show on-campus. The group will perform Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” in Washington Hall, Wednesday through Friday. The actors will also work with classes throughout the rest of the week. “Actors from the London Stage has 14 shows in
Andrew Cameron | Tuesday, May 2, 2017
For its 18th consecutive year, the Shakespeare at Notre Dame initiative will present the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival this summer, drawing upon student and professional talent to bring new life to the Bard’s works. A production of “Twelfth Night,” performed entirely by undergraduate and graduate student apprentices from colleges across the country will tour the
Courtney Becker | Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Due to its status as the American base for Actors From the London Stage (AFTLS), Notre Dame is supplementing its Shakespeare’s First Folio exhibit, in honor of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, with workshops and performances throughout the week from this spring’s AFTLS Company. Scott Jackson, Executive director of Shakespeare at Notre Dame, said the
Courtney Becker | Wednesday, November 4, 2015
The Not-So-Royal Shakespeare Company’s (NSR) performance of “Pericles, Prince of Tyre” opens Thursday night at 7 p.m. in the Washington Hall Lab Theatre. Senior Liz Konicek, the club’s president, said the production has been a group effort from the beginning. “This semester we took applications and then collaboratively decided as a group, with our new freshmen, as well, what
Katie Galioto | Sunday, February 15, 2015
Shakespeare at Notre Dame and the College of Arts and Letters will host the sixth annual SonnetFest in the Great Hall of O’Shaughnessy today from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Members of the Notre Dame community are encouraged to stop by and listen to the public reading of Shakespeare’s 154 sonnets. Peter Holland, Notre Dame’s
Caelin Miltko | Monday, September 1, 2014
Stepping into the Patricia George Decio Theatre at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, the audience members easily could see they was going to be transported to another world. The stage was transformed into an ancient hall: Two sets of crossbeams hung down above the triple-layered stage, signaling the world of “Henry IV” would be more primeval than
Madison Jaros | Friday, August 22, 2014
Students and professional actors will take the stage together throughout August and September to perform Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Much Ado About Nothing and The Merry Wives of Windsor as part of the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival (NDSF), an annual event that spans two months and connects students, actors and the community. This year is a