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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
Erin Shang | Monday, November 7, 2016
Tom Magill, award-winning filmmaker and artistic director of the Educational Shakespeare Company, came to Notre Dame on Friday to deliver a talk on his newest film, ‘Prospero’s Prison.’ “Today in a class teaching Macbeth, we were talking about a film that I directed called ‘Mickey B,’ an adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth,’” Magill said. “Mickey B
Nick Lindstrom | Thursday, August 25, 2016
Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” is a veritable spectacle, and the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival Professional Acting Company’s adaptation of the Bard’s final play is spectacular. Directed by Cirque du Soleil director West Hyler, the show is filled with a pageantry on par with Hyler’s pedigree and is designed to delight and enamor. As the lights dim
Megan Valley | Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Shipwreck, salvation and the sea are swept into a spectacular in the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival’s (NDSF) “Cirque du Shakespeare” performance of “The Tempest.” Director West Hyler has directed Cirque du Soleil, as well as Shakespearean dramas, musicals, Broadway productions and circuses around the world. “I’m always looking for ways to create productions and to