by smithk8383 | Dec 21, 2016 | Folio, Program Performances
by Kyle Smith In addition to the two second year shows, directing scenes, and the regular productions from Compass Shakespeare Ensemble, this semester also saw two ambitious practice as research projects come to life. Presented together as a “PAR Festival,” the works...
by buttittama6669 | Nov 28, 2016 | Folio, Program Performances
by Maddie Buttitta Like the live rabbits in Herbert Beerbohm Tree’s 1900 production of Shakespeare’s “Midsummer”, adaptations of Shakespeare’s works had an odd way of scampering and multiplying onstage. Even during the Elizabethan era, adaptations, continuations, and...
by buttittama6669 | Oct 19, 2016 | Folio, Program Performances, Shakespeare Home Slider
by Kyle Smith October 9 saw the Compass Shakespeare Ensemble premiere Macbeth. As usual, the lights stay up in the Blackfriars. What is unusual this time is the Scottish thanes and warriors among the audience. They move and speak freely among those coming into the...
by buttittama6669 | Sep 26, 2016 | Folio, Program Performances
by Kyle Smith The Compass Shakespeare Ensemble began the school year with an invitation to attend a Lecture on Classical Latin, given by renowned scholar Master Holofernes. The lecture was held on Sunday Sept 4 and Monday Sept 5 in Masonic Blue. Attendees had to...
![Headfirst into the Hurly-Burly: Making Macbeth [April 2016]](https://go.marybaldwin.edu/shakespeare/files/2016/04/12472840_1569795336668219_6781275953678564010_n.jpg)
by bernardoea6641 | Apr 18, 2016 | Program Performances
When choosing Macbeth as the Spring 2016 first-year production for REN 531, our intrepid professors Matt Davies and Doreen Bechtol first aimed for practical specificity. Having worked with each other for a number of years, Davies and Bechtol have similar expectations...
by finchml6642 | Mar 31, 2016 | Program Performances
Over the academic year, the Sweet Wag Shakespeare company has mounted five productions, performing them at the Blackfriars Playhouse as well as on tour to schools and colleges. During the course of the Sweet Festival of Wags, the company will perform all five...
