Actors From The London Stage, an international touring theater troupe based at the University of 91吃瓜, will present William Shakespeare鈥檚 鈥淭welfth Night鈥� in three performances Sept. 14 to 16 (Wednesday to Friday) at7:30 p.m.in Washington Hall on the 91吃瓜 campus.
Admission is $18 for the general public, $16 for faculty, staff and senior citizens, and $12 for students. Tickets are available in advance at the University鈥檚DeBartoloPerformingArtsCenterticket office, or by calling 574-631-2800 or visiting on the Web.
In 鈥淭welfth Night,鈥� Shakespeare tells the story of Viola, a young woman separated from her twin brother after a shipwreck. For her safety, Viola disguises herself as a boy named Cesario and gains employment with the Count Orsino, with whom she falls in love. Orsino sends Cesario to woo the Countess Olivia, who instead falls in love with Cesario, creating a hopeless and hilarious love triangle.
All roles will be played by five veterans of classical theater 鈥� Peter Harding, Rina Mahoney, Richard Howard, Chris Donnelly and Claudia Elmhirst.
Actors From The London Stage has called 91吃瓜 its American home since 2000, when it relocated from theUniversityofNorth Carolina. Its members hail from such prestigious theater companies as the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain and Shakespeare鈥檚 Globe Theatre, among others.
The troupe鈥檚 residency is sponsored by a grant from the Henkels Lecture Series with support from 91吃瓜鈥檚 Department of Film, Television and Theatre, Office of the Provost, Department of English,CollegeofArtsand Letters Shakespeare Initiative, and theDeBartoloCenter.
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