BARD'S BEST ON TAP AT FESTIVAL.Byline: Romy Jacobson Daily News Staff Writer Jugglers, storytellers, magicians, madrigal madrigal, name for two different forms of Italian music, one related to the poetic madrigal in the 14th cent., the other the most common form of secular vocal music in the 16th cent. singers and musician playing Renaissance instruments will lend an Elizabethan atmosphere this weekend to the Palmdale Playhouse's second annual Shakespeare Festival. The Los Angeles-based Shakespearean theater troupe, Will and Company, will perform two of the Bard's most popular plays: ``Romeo and Juliet'' at 8 p.m. Saturday, and ``A Midsummer Night's Dream'' at 2 p.m. Sunday. ``The reason that Shakespeare is still alive after 450 years is that Shakespeare, more than anything else, was a great observer of human nature,'' said Dorothy Williams, an English professor at Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. . ``People that come and see the plays today see themselves, and though technology has changed, people haven't. People still fall in love, get angry and get jealous.'' Tickets for each performance are $12 for adults, $10 for senior citizens, military members and students, and $8 for children under 12. Two-day ticket packages are $20 for adults, $16 for senior citizens, military members and students, and $10 for children under 12. The playhouse is at 38334 10th St. East, Palmdale. Fifty percent of the proceeds will benefit the new Palmdale Youth Library and youth programs at the playhouse. Pre-show performers are 20 Antelope Valley College students, faculty members, and community members. ``They will be performing one hour before and at the intermission,'' said Williams, who produced the AVC (1) (Advanced Video Coding) The video compression techniques used in the H.264 standard, jointly developed by ISO and the ITU-T. See H.264. (2) (Audio Visual C Shakespeare Festival for 10 years. ``We have madrigal singers. There's someone (who is) going to be reading the sonnets and we're going to have an exhibition of swordplay by the Society for Creative Anachronism Society for Creative Anachronism (usually shortened to SCA) is a historical reenactment and living history group founded in 1966 in California, which recreates pre-17th century Western European history and culture. .'' A display of Elizabethan-era goblets, books on the Bard, and an etching of the house where Shakespeare was born, will be set up in the theater lobby. Staff members will wear Elizabethan costumes provided by Daisy's Costumes. Audience members may stay after Sunday's performance to ask questions, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Cultural Arts Theatre The Arts Theatre is a small club theatre in London, England. In August 1955, Peter Hall, aged 24, directed the English-language premiere of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot at the theatre. This was an important turning point in modern theatre for Britain. Manager Dea McAllister. Patrons are welcome to wear clothing from the period. McAllister asks that people who come in costume refrain from wearing large hats. An American Sign Language American Sign Language n. The primary sign language used by deaf and hearing-impaired people in the United States and Canada. American Sign Language (ASL), n. interpreter will be at each show for the hearing-impaired. For more information, call (805) 267-5684. For 24-hour recorded information, call (805) 267-ARTS. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1-2--Color) Below left, J.R. Johnson portrays a hunchback hunchback, abnormal outward curvature of the spine in the thoracic region. It is also known as kyphosis and humpback, and in its severe form a noticeable hump is evident on the back. . Above, festival-goers will include (back) Debbie Barrientes, Tara McVeigh, Jefferson Crow, Linda Willis, and (front) J.R. Johnson. (3--Color) Dea McAllister hoists a prop skull from Shakespeare's ``Hamlet.'' Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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