Metroactive » Shakespeare https://activate.metroactive.com Thu, 10 Mar 2022 18:08:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 Tabard Theatre Premieres ‘Shylock’ https://activate.metroactive.com/2021/06/tabard-theatre-premieres-shylock/ https://activate.metroactive.com/2021/06/tabard-theatre-premieres-shylock/#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2021 20:57:23 +0000 https://activate.metroactive.com/?p=125964
In Shylock, a Jewish actor throws a Shakespeare Festival into chaos with his controversial performance as the notorious moneylender from Merchant of Venice. The festival is canceled (along with the actor’s career), and he is left having to defend his actions, and explain his artistic choices. Exploring themes of censorship, artistic freedom,…]]>

In Shylock, a Jewish actor throws a Shakespeare Festival into chaos with his controversial performance as the notorious moneylender from Merchant of Venice. The festival is canceled (along with the actor’s career), and he is left having to defend his actions, and explain his artistic choices. Exploring themes of censorship, artistic freedom, and cultural representation, Shylock is a timely piece with a lot to say, and an exciting start to the Tabard’s 20th season. Performances run June 4-20, and are viewable both in person and online.

‘Shylock’ Premiere
Fri, June 4, $15-50
29 N San Pedro St, San Jose

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San Jose Youth Shakespeare is celebrating Christmas early with one of Shakespeare’s most gender-bent comedies. Originally performed on the final evening of Christmastide, Twelfth Night features plenty of cross-dressing and a bit of what historians have identified as metatheatre—that is, playing with the concept of acting in a play on stage. This…]]>

San Jose Youth Shakespeare is celebrating Christmas early with one of Shakespeare’s most gender-bent comedies. Originally performed on the final evening of Christmastide, Twelfth Night features plenty of cross-dressing and a bit of what historians have identified as metatheatre—that is, playing with the concept of acting in a play on stage. This production, staged by a group of young, local and talented actors (age 8-21), will be set in a 1890s California. The journey begins with a pair of twins separated in a shipwreck. Each twin thinks the other is dead and ends with a pair of marriages.

Twelfth Night
Thu, 7pm, $20
Hoover Theatre, San Jose

 

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