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-37 posts tagged "Shakespeare"
Caroline Lezny | Friday, November 15, 2019
The cast of “Romeo and Juliet” circles up pre-show as Advisor Scott Jackson gives them a piece of advice. As he looks around the circle of nervous faces, Jackson reassures: “If you’re comfortable, if you don’t have nerves, you’re doing something wrong. [Acting] is not a comfortable profession.” The actors nod, and their anxiety seems
Alexandra Muck | Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Shakespeare at Notre Dame will host two performances of “Macbeth” Oct. 30 and Oct. 31 at 7:30 p.m. at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. Unlike other “Macbeth” performances, these showings of the Shakespeare play will only include two actors: Paul O’Mahony and Troels Hagen Findsen. The play follows the story of Macbeth — a Scottish
Alexander Daugherty | Monday, February 11, 2019
The Actors from the London Stage (AFTLS) are a gift from God to Shakespeare scholars and lay audiences alike. Five actors take on the often-extensive casts of each play they produce. Every year, AFTLS comes to Notre Dame for one week each semester to perform one of the Bard’s well-known works. This time, AFTLS came
Marirose Osborne | Monday, February 4, 2019
The Saint Mary’s College english and humanistic studies departments have teamed up to arrange their annual trip to a Chicago Shakespeare performance at Navy Pier. Students and faculty were able to visit Chicago on Saturday to see a matinee performance of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The trip is open to a variety of majors and
Max Lander | Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams discussed the portrayal and power of prayer in Shakespeare’s work in a lecture in the Dahnke Ballroom as part of the Notre Dame Forum on Monday night. Though Shakespeare’s works cover a broad range of topics — including comedy, tragedy, love, deceit and death — there are some themes and
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
Dessi Gomez | Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Silence floods Washington Hall as the group, Actors From the London Stage, prepares to perform its rendition of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.” The five actors and actresses introduce themselves and identify their roles in the production, telltale props and costumes strewn across the stage. Upon completion of this introduction, the actors take their seats, signaling the start
Raymond Ramirez | Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Standardized tests are inherently limited as tools to measure competency and predict future success. No test has come under more sustained scrutiny in this regard than the SAT, owned and administered by the College Board. In response to claims of racial, economic and cultural bias, questions have been scrubbed with the intent to minimize preferences
Hanna Kennedy | Friday, April 20, 2018
“O, wonder! / How many goodly creatures are there here! / How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, / That has such people in’t.” This “brave new world” comes to life in the Not-So-Royal Shakespeare Company’s spring production, “The Tempest.” Filled with magic, sea storms and spectacle, “The Tempest” is the story of Prospero,
Max Lander | Thursday, April 19, 2018
This Thursday, Friday and Saturday actors from Notre Dame’s own Not-So-Royal Shakespeare Company will be storming the local stage and bringing the classic Shakespeare play “The Tempest” to life. Part of the play’s popularity stems from the variability with which it can be performed, and the Not-So-Royal Shakespeare Company’s production promises to put a unique spin