SHAKESPEARE'S CLASSICS TO REIGN DURING PROGRAMS IN PALMDALE.Byline: Daily News PALMDALE - Palmdale Playhouse will host its 10th annual Shakespeare Festival with performances of "Merchant of Venice," "The Winter's Tale" and a ballet based on "A Midsummer Night's Dream A Midsummer Night's Dream is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare written sometime in the 1590s. It portrays the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of amateur actors, their interactions with the Duke and Duchess of Athens, Theseus and Hippolyta, and ." The performances will be on a projecting two-level stage like the one where Shakespeare produced his own plays in 16th and 17th century London. "We started building this replica of London's Globe Theater in 1999. We've added more and more each festival," said Dea McAllister, city cultural-arts director and theater manager. McAllister and Mayor Jim Ledford dressed in Elizabethan costumes Tuesday for a news conference about the festival, which also will include workshops on making jewelry jewelry, personal adornments worn for ornament or utility, to show rank or wealth, or to follow superstitious custom or fashion. The most universal forms of jewelry are the necklace, bracelet, ring, pin, and earring. and wreaths, on acting in Shakespearean plays and even on sword fighting fencing; a combat or trial of skill with swords; swordplay. See also: Sword for the stage. "Maybe something about wearing tights brings out the swashbuckler in me," joked the mayor, waving a theatrical sword. The April 17-23 festival's performances will include: The State Street Ballet, based in Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. , will perform a new ballet, based upon "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and set to music by Felix Mendelssohn, at 7 p.m. April 21. Tickets are $20 and $15. Will & Company, based in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , will perform the tragedy "Merchant of Venice" at 7 p.m. April 22. The 12-member 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. Flute Choir A flute choir is an instrumental ensemble consisting entirely of instruments from the flute family. Typically it will include piccolo 1-2, flute 1-4, alto flute, and bass flute, but may include other harmony flutes such as the contra-alto flute, contrabass flute, and double will entertain for 20 minutes before curtaintime. Tickets are $20 and $15. Will & Company will perform an adaptation of the romance "The Winter's Tale" at 2 p.m. Sunday. Ticket prices are $15 and 10. Workshops will include: On Renaissance wreaths and jewelry, 7 p.m. Monday. Taught by Lupe Telles of CT's Beads N Things in Lancaster, participants will use dried flowers and ribbons to create head wreaths or leather bands, beads and bells to make period necklaces, bracelets and earrings. The class will be limited to 25 people. The fee will be $20 plus $5 to $25 for materials. On acting Shakespeare Acting Shakespeare is a one-man show of Shakespearean speeches devised and performed by Ian McKellen. McKellen first performed the recital in Scandinavia in 1980 and later performed it throughout the world, receiving a Tony Award nomination for the Broadway engagement in , 7 p.m. Tuesday. Will & Company's artistic director, Colin Cox, will lead the workshop on text, verse, performance history, stage combat, monologues and scene study. Participants should bring a copy of the complete works of William Shakespeare. Fee is $10. On "Merchant of Venice," 7 p.m. April 19. Cox will lead participants in discussing the writing, performance, plot and characters. Participants should bring a copy of the play. Fee is $10. On stage combat, 7 p.m. April 20. Participants will be taught the techniques used to stage the sword fights in Shakespearean plays. Fee is $10. Special daytime performances of "Merchant of Venice" will be conducted next week for students in middle school and high school. Throughout the festival, the Playhouse Dance Company will dress in Elizabethan costumes and treat theater patrons to Renaissance dances Renaissance dances belong to the broad group of historical dances. While we know that people danced in Europe long before the Renaissance, the first detailed dance manuals that survive today were written in 1450 and 1455 in Italy. . Elizabethan-style food will be available from vendors. Package prices are $48 or $33 per person. Workshop fees are not included in packages. Group rates are available. For tickets, call the Playhouse box office at (661) 267-5685. The theater is at 38334 10th St. E. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) A courtly court·ly adj. court·li·er, court·li·est 1. Suitable for a royal court; stately: courtly furniture and pictures. 2. Elegant; refined: courtly manners. Mayor Jim Ledford, in Elizabethan dress, escorts Dea McAllister, also dressed in an in costume, onstage at the Palmdale Playhouse on Tuesday. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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