Oberon Shakespeare Study Group

Richard Joyrich reported that a series of high-definition films were made of three of last season's Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada productions and will be distributed as the Stratford Festival HD series by Fathom Events . The first film, King Lear  with Colm Feore, will be shown oat Commerce Township theater, AMC Livonia 20 theater, and Quality 16 in Ann Arbor. The next production, King John with Tom McCamus and Seanna McKenna, will be shown on  Wednesday, April 8 at 7 p.m.  at the same theaters (although the theater in Ann Arbor might be showing it on  Thursday, April 9  instead). The final production, Antony and Cleopatra with Geraint Wyn Davies and Yanna Mcintosh, will be  Thursday, May 21  at the same theaters. Tickets are $18, with some variation possible. These productions will be distributed nationwide in theaters that show other Fathom events -- such as the Metropolitan Opera Live in HD series. For more information, se...

"'Tis the god Hercules, whom Antony loved, Now leaves him." Antony and Cleopatra , Act IV, scene 3 Well, I don't know where Hercules went immediately after leaving Antony, but I know where he was this afternoon. He was with Prashant Andrade, who led us through a group reading of this play. With 42 scenes and over 40 speaking roles, it was certainly a Herculean effort to pull it off with only a few minor glitches. In addition to parceling out the roles to those in attendance (initially eleven in number), Prashant had to make quick alterations as four people found that they had to leave early. I think we were all proud of ourselves that we tackled this play (which contains some of the most beautiful poetry and images in the works of Shakespeare) and came out on top. Kudos again to Prashant.