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53 posts tagged "Shakespeare"

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‘Hamlet 50/50’ foregrounds women, loses Hamlet

Cecelia Swartz | Monday, August 28, 2023

“Hamlet 50/50,” adapted by Vanessa Morosco and Peter Simon Hilton from Shakespeare‘s “Hamlet,” strove to create gender equity in the workplace for theatre professionals, rearranging the source material so that 50 percent of the lines were delivered by women characters. The show premiered at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center and ran Aug. 17-27. As a

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The Chicago Shakespeare Theater delivers a flawless performance of ‘The Comedy of Errors’

Cecelia Swartz | Thursday, April 20, 2023

Situated in a gorgeous theater on Navy Pier, the Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s current run of “The Comedy of Errors,” directed by Barbara Gaines, is one not to be missed. The play is one of Shakespeare’s earlier comedies and features two sets of twin brothers, Antipholus and Antipholus and their servants Dromio and Dromio, who are

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NSR’s captivating ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ will eat your heart in the marketplace

Anna Falk | Wednesday, April 19, 2023

The Not-So-Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of “Much Ado About Nothing” begs the question: “How do you build trust in a relationship, and what happens when it is broken?” Director Nandini Sadagopan fell in love with this play at first read, admiring the presence of strong female characters Beatrice and Hero that she could look up

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‘Romeo and Juliet’: A classic portrayal of a love story gone awry

Rose Androwich | Tuesday, March 7, 2023

  “Romeo and Juliet” has spawned a variety of cultural responses to the act of literature. The inspiration derived from “Romeo and Juliet” takes note of how Shakespeare wrote the play. The principal source for the plot was a narrative poem by the English poet Arthur Brooke. Brooke’s poem is based on a French translation

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NSR’s ‘Hamlet/5’ premieres this weekend in Washington Hall

Peter Breen | Friday, February 3, 2023

The Not-So-Royal (NSR) Shakespeare Co.’s “Hamlet/5” comes to fruition in Washington Hall’s Lab Theatre this first weekend of February on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. Notre Dame’s student-run Shakespeare troupe is known for its semiannual Bard productions, traditionally performed at semester’s end with a sizable cast and crew. This weekend’s show, however, will

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Campus stages ‘The Winter’s Tale’ and ‘Steel Magnolias’

Kelsey Quint | Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Notre Dame students are taking the stage this weekend in two different shows. The department of film, television and theatre (FTT) will be staging Robert Harling’s “Steel Magnolias” at the Decio Theatre in the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, Nov. 10-13. Elsewhere on campus, the Not-So-Royal-Shakespeare Company (NSR) will be putting on “A Winter’s Tale” at

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AFTLS: Collaborating with Shakespeare through Macbeth

Rose Androwich | Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Actors From the London Stage (AFTLS) performed Shakespeare’s tragedy of “Macbeth” at Washington Hall on Oct. 5, 6 and 7. During his life, Shakespeare knew the actors he was writing for and collaborated with them on the play’s performances. While actors cannot directly collaborate with Shakespeare anymore, AFTLS still aims to work with him. The

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‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead’ proves that theatre isn’t dead

Natalie Allton | Monday, April 11, 2022

“Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” takes place just offstage of Shakespeare’s tragedy “Hamlet.” In the original work, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are courtiers and childhood friends of Hamlet who play tertiary roles in the plot and end up executed by the end of the play. This reimagining, written by Tom Stoppard and directed by Nick Buranicz,

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Weezer’s ‘SZNZ: Spring’ gave me seasonal depression

Matheus Herndl | Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Weezer. A name that inspires debate every time that it is uttered, with responses ranging from nostalgic adoration to vitriolic ridicule. Any respectable alt/indie rock fan on the planet has heard of Weezer and no doubt has strong opinions about the group, be they negative or positive. But regardless of their reputation, anyone familiar with

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‘Measure for Measure’ more than measures up to expectations

Cecelia Swartz | Friday, March 18, 2022

The Not-So-Royal Shakespeare Company (NSR) delivered a stunning, intense and thought-provoking performance of “Measure for Measure.” The play, one of Shakespeare’s lesser-known works, is often considered one of the bard’s problem plays because it does not fit into his usual genres of tragedy, history or comedy. The work covers tragic themes of sexual assault, abuse

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This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bou This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bouts will begin its preliminary rounds. A men’s boxing tournament that benefits the Holy Cross Mission in Bangladesh, Bengal Bouts seems to perfectly combine two integral aspects of Notre Dame’s identity: a passion for sports and a commitment to social impact.

This week, From the Archives takes a long overdue look at the history of Bengal Bouts. While this tournament predates the Observer by nearly four decades, we uncovered a selection of stories that capture at least a part of the rich history of this Notre Dame tradition.

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At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Ch At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Chappell, director of gender relations and LGBTQ+ advocacy, highlighted plans to edit the Moreau First Year Experience curriculum to promote values of diversity, equity and inclusion in her report on LGBTQ+ advocacy at Notre Dame this year.

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We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department and you responded with the request: “Northwestern @ Notre Dame 2014 Football Breakdown”. That game was a heartbreaking loss for a Notre Dame team that had started 6-0 before stumbling down the stretch to a 7-5 record. A bowl game win over LSU salvaged some optimism for the program’s future, but that loss to Northwestern was a shocking result that contributed to one of the more appalling stretches of Irish football in the Brian Kelly era.

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Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore s Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore students campaigning to be Notre Dame’s next student body president and vice president, respectively, plan to “get sh*t done.”

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Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are seeking to build stronger connections between the student body and student government if elected student body president and vice president, respectively. 

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Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung an Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung and Aidan Rezner from the student government Instagram page, but the two sophomores are ready to take the next big step to represent the student body.

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