ROMEO AND JULIET - Stratford Festival

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Table of Contents Festival Theatre Romeo and Juliet ..............................................................................................................3 Hamlet.............................................................................................................................10 The Taming of the Shrew ................................................................................................16 All’s Well That Ends Well...............................................................................................21 Caesar and Cleopatra.....................................................................................................26 Avon Theatre The Music Man ...............................................................................................................32 Cabaret ...........................................................................................................................38 Emilia Galotti .................................................................................................................44 Tom Patterson Theatre The Trojan Women..........................................................................................................49 Love’s Labour’s Lost ......................................................................................................56 Fuente Ovejuna...............................................................................................................62 There Reigns Love ..........................................................................................................68 Studio Theatre Krapp’s Last Tape and Hughie (double bill)..................................................................71 Palmer Park....................................................................................................................79 Moby Dick.......................................................................................................................83 Pavilion Shakespeare’s Universe (Her Infinite Variety)...............................................................88 - 2 -
ROMEO AND JULIET By William Shakespeare Director – Des McAnuff Festival Theatre Set Designer – Heidi Ettinger May 7 to November 8 Costume Designer – Paul Tazewell Opens May 26, 2008 Lighting Designer – Robert Thomson Composer – Michael Roth Dramaturge – Robert Blacker Choreographer – Kelly Devine Associate Designer – Maria Zamansky ______________________________________________________________________ ABOUT THE PLAY OVERVIEW One of the most famous love stories of all time, Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy about the ill-fated romance of two young people caught in a bitter feud between their families. Shakespeare is believed to have written the play around the same time as Richard II and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Some experts think it may have been written between 1593 and 1596. SYNOPSIS Two families of Verona, the Montagues and the Capulets, are embroiled in a longstanding feud. One night, Romeo, a Montague, gatecrashes a party being given by the Capulets, in hopes of encountering Rosaline, with whom he is infatuated. Thoughts of her are driven from his mind, however, when he catches sight of Juliet, the daughter of Lord Capulet. Juliet, who has been promised in marriage to Paris, is equally smitten with Romeo. With the help of Friar Laurence, Romeo and Juliet are secretly married. No sooner is the ceremony concluded, however, than Romeo is drawn into a brawl, in which he kills Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin. Under sentence of banishment, Romeo spends the night with Juliet before going into hiding; meanwhile, Capulet orders Juliet to marry Paris within three days. Friar Laurence devises a plan: Juliet will take a potion that will make her appear to be dead, allowing Romeo to steal into her family vault and rescue her when she revives. But the message informing Romeo of the plan goes astray and, believing Juliet to be truly dead, he commits suicide over her seemingly lifeless body. Awakening to find her lover - 3 -
Page 1: Stratford Shakespeare Festival BACK
Page 5 and 6: STRATFORD STAGE HISTORY This is the
Page 7 and 8: OF INTEREST Pyramus and Thisbe The
Page 9 and 10: Nothing further is known of Shakesp
Page 11 and 12: suicide. Having evaded one attempt
Page 13 and 14: Claudius, Neil Dainard played Laert
Page 15 and 16: Claudius ..........................
Page 17 and 18: SOURCES AND ORIGINS The “shrew”
Page 19 and 20: A film based on Cole Porter’s mus
Page 21 and 22: ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL By Will
Page 23 and 24: STRATFORD STAGE HISTORY The play ha
Page 25 and 26: Lavatch…………………….Tom
Page 27 and 28: STAGE HISTORY The first London prod
Page 29 and 30: SELECTED ARTISTIC PERSONNEL Christo
Page 31 and 32: Plays (selected) The Philanderer (1
Page 33 and 34: MUSICAL NUMBERS • Rock Island •
Page 35 and 36: Willson wrote the song It’s Begin
Page 37 and 38: The idea for The Music Man, Willson
Page 39 and 40: The Kit Kat Klub continues to refle
Page 41 and 42: ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION PERIOD AND SE
Page 43 and 44: John Kander (b. 1927) American comp
Page 45 and 46: Emilia Galotti is called Lessing’
Page 47 and 48: CASTING Emilia Galotti………. Re
Page 49 and 50: THE TROJAN WOMEN By Euripides in a
Page 51 and 52: Jean-Paul Sartre wrote a version th
Page 53 and 54:
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT AND TRANSLATOR
Page 55 and 56:
Iphigenia among the Taurians (about
Page 57 and 58:
SOURCES AND ORIGINS The play is bas
Page 59 and 60:
McVie as Maria and Brian Tree as Ho
Page 61 and 62:
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT WILLIAM SHAKES
Page 63 and 64:
From "Fuente Ovejuna." The Oxford D
Page 65 and 66:
Coincidentally, it was Pedro Girón
Page 67 and 68:
Work Lope de Vega is considered one
Page 69 and 70:
first time a complex of passionate
Page 71 and 72:
KRAPP’S LAST TAPE By Samuel Becke
Page 73 and 74:
English experimental composer Micha
Page 75 and 76:
HUGHIE By Eugene O’Neill Director
Page 77 and 78:
___________________________________
Page 79 and 80:
PALMER PARK By Joanna McClelland Gl
Page 81 and 82:
ON THE INTERNET Biocritical essay b
Page 83 and 84:
MOBY DICK Based on the novel by Her
Page 85 and 86:
PRODUCTION SPONSOR The sponsor of t
Page 87 and 88:
Ocean. They sailed around Cape Horn
Page 89 and 90:
IN OTHER TERMS The production is a
show all

ROMEO AND JULIET - Stratford Festival

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?