William Shakespeare's 'As You Like It' Comes To Notre Dame
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"All the world's a stage, / And all the men and women merely players": banished brothers, wandering lovers, a wily clown, and even Hymen, god of weddings, have roles to play in "As You Like It".
One of Shakespeare's most exuberant comedies, "As You Like It" features the incomparable Rosalind. Ever questioning, driven and witty, Rosalind travels in disguise through the Forest of Arden toward the happy conclusion of revelation, reunion and love.
Under the direction of visiting artist and renowned British Shakespearean Tim Hardy, this production of "As You Like It" includes both Notre Dame students and members of the Michiana community.
Presented by the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival - in collaboration with the University's student-run Not-So-Royal Shakespeare Company and St. Edward's Hall Players - "As You Like It" is staged in the intimate performance space of the Philbin Studio Theatre in the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center at the University of Notre Dame. Four performances only; seating is extremely limited.
Show times are April 22-24 at 7:30 p.m., and April 25 at 2 p.m.
For tickets, visit performingarts.nd.edu or call 574-631-2800. Tickets are $18, $15 for faculty, staff and seniors and $10 for students.
Director Tim Hardy trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. His London theatre credits include "Henry V" and "Marat/Sade" (Royal Shakespeare Company, Broadway, and film adaptation), "Henry IV" and "Henry V" (Prospect Theatre and the Roundhouse), "Mary Barnes" (Royal Court), "Melon" (Haymarket), "Lysistrata" (Sir Peter Hall Company at the Old Vic), and "Mephisto" (The Roundhouse).
As the professional theater in residence at the University of Notre Dame, the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival presents world-class productions on the mainstage while fostering young actors through unique educational performance opportunities such as the Young Company and ShakeScenes programs. Since inception in 2000, the program has grown exponentially.
Today, housed in the dazzling Marie P. DeBartolo Center for the Performing Arts, the program reaches thousands of people each year with Shakespeare's timeless words.The Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival is a central component of Shakespeare at Notre Dame, which also consists of the McMeel Family Chair in Shakespeare Studies, the Ryan Producing Artistic Director, Actors From The London Stage, ancillary lectures and events, and library collections. Shakespeare at Notre Dame's mission is to become a pre-eminent venue for the study and performance of the works of Shakespeare, providing Notre Dame and the wider community an on-campus culture steeped in the works of William Shakespeare - both on the page and on the stage.
