Sun November 20, 2016
Shakespeare's King John
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at Kelly Cullen Community Auditorium
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King John. Shakespeare’s dark drama of a royal family caught up in power struggles, internal feuding and betrayal. Directed by Lijesh Krishnan.
Just when you thought, “Hey, I’m King, this could be good,” France stirs up a war to make your nephew king, you piss off the Pope and get excommunicated, and a bastard shows up who, it turns out, your mom likes better than you. And actually, truth be told, you like better than you.
Featuring some of Shakespeare’s most powerful scenes and characters, King John jumps rapidly between English courts and French battlefields, weddings and executions, to explore the thin line between ambition and ruthlessness, compassion and weakness. It features two of the strongest female roles in Shakespeare, Constance and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
This two-hour production incorporates text from The Troublesome Reign of King John -- the play thought by many to be Shakespeare’s source. Theater of Others combines the rich poetry of the script with honest, stark performances, and aims to communicate the grand themes and conflicts of the play in as accessible and personal a way as possible.
Audiences will be riveted by this rarely seen classic that features an unexpected King, a formidable Queen mother, a reluctant 12 year-old pretender to the throne, a scheming cardinal, rebellious barons, and a jesting, happy-go-lucky Bastard who finds himself at the fulcrum of history.
November 3-20. Preview Nov. 3. Opens Nov. 4. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays 8:00 pm; Sundays 2:00 pm. All performances are pay what you will. http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2706436 Kelly Cullen Community Auditorium, 220 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco.
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Just when you thought, “Hey, I’m King, this could be good,” France stirs up a war to make your nephew king, you piss off the Pope and get excommunicated, and a bastard shows up who, it turns out, your mom likes better than you. And actually, truth be told, you like better than you.
Featuring some of Shakespeare’s most powerful scenes and characters, King John jumps rapidly between English courts and French battlefields, weddings and executions, to explore the thin line between ambition and ruthlessness, compassion and weakness. It features two of the strongest female roles in Shakespeare, Constance and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
This two-hour production incorporates text from The Troublesome Reign of King John -- the play thought by many to be Shakespeare’s source. Theater of Others combines the rich poetry of the script with honest, stark performances, and aims to communicate the grand themes and conflicts of the play in as accessible and personal a way as possible.
Audiences will be riveted by this rarely seen classic that features an unexpected King, a formidable Queen mother, a reluctant 12 year-old pretender to the throne, a scheming cardinal, rebellious barons, and a jesting, happy-go-lucky Bastard who finds himself at the fulcrum of history.
November 3-20. Preview Nov. 3. Opens Nov. 4. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays 8:00 pm; Sundays 2:00 pm. All performances are pay what you will. http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2706436 Kelly Cullen Community Auditorium, 220 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco.
King John. Shakespeare’s dark drama of a royal family caught up in power struggles, internal feuding and betrayal. Directed by Lijesh Krishnan.
Just when you thought, “Hey, I’m King, this could be good,” France stirs up a war to make your nephew king, you piss off the Pope and get excommunicated, and a bastard shows up who, it turns out, your mom likes better than you. And actually, truth be told, you like better than you.
Featuring some of Shakespeare’s most powerful scenes and characters, King John jumps rapidly between English courts and French battlefields, weddings and executions, to explore the thin line between ambition and ruthlessness, compassion and weakness. It features two of the strongest female roles in Shakespeare, Constance and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
This two-hour production incorporates text from The Troublesome Reign of King John -- the play thought by many to be Shakespeare’s source. Theater of Others combines the rich poetry of the script with honest, stark performances, and aims to communicate the grand themes and conflicts of the play in as accessible and personal a way as possible.
Audiences will be riveted by this rarely seen classic that features an unexpected King, a formidable Queen mother, a reluctant 12 year-old pretender to the throne, a scheming cardinal, rebellious barons, and a jesting, happy-go-lucky Bastard who finds himself at the fulcrum of history.
November 3-20. Preview Nov. 3. Opens Nov. 4. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays 8:00 pm; Sundays 2:00 pm. All performances are pay what you will. http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2706436 Kelly Cullen Community Auditorium, 220 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco.
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Just when you thought, “Hey, I’m King, this could be good,” France stirs up a war to make your nephew king, you piss off the Pope and get excommunicated, and a bastard shows up who, it turns out, your mom likes better than you. And actually, truth be told, you like better than you.
Featuring some of Shakespeare’s most powerful scenes and characters, King John jumps rapidly between English courts and French battlefields, weddings and executions, to explore the thin line between ambition and ruthlessness, compassion and weakness. It features two of the strongest female roles in Shakespeare, Constance and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
This two-hour production incorporates text from The Troublesome Reign of King John -- the play thought by many to be Shakespeare’s source. Theater of Others combines the rich poetry of the script with honest, stark performances, and aims to communicate the grand themes and conflicts of the play in as accessible and personal a way as possible.
Audiences will be riveted by this rarely seen classic that features an unexpected King, a formidable Queen mother, a reluctant 12 year-old pretender to the throne, a scheming cardinal, rebellious barons, and a jesting, happy-go-lucky Bastard who finds himself at the fulcrum of history.
November 3-20. Preview Nov. 3. Opens Nov. 4. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays 8:00 pm; Sundays 2:00 pm. All performances are pay what you will. http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2706436 Kelly Cullen Community Auditorium, 220 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco.
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