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2007
RSC at Davidson Residency |
RSC
Performances
Dominic Cooke, former RSC Associate Director and newly appointed Artistic Director of London's Royal Court Theatre, leads an ensemble company of actors in The Winter’s Tale and Pericles. RSC Associate Director Maria Alberg directs Days of Significance. For these productions, the Frazier Stage in the Duke Family Performance Hall will be transformed to create a unique promenade space, bringing audiences closer to the action as actors move amongst them. Traditional theatre seating will also be available.
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Title: | The Winter's Tale |
| Dates: | February 6-17 | |
| Location: |
Duke Family Performance Hall |
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| Times: | Tuesday,
February 6 7:30 p.m. Opening /Press night Saturday February 10 7:30 pm Sunday February 11 1:30 pm *Wednesday February 14 7:30 pm Friday February 16 7:30 pm Saturday February 17 1:30 pm |
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| Tickets: | Ticket Info | |
| » | Details: | When
King Leontes of Sicilia falsely accuses his wife of adultery, his
single-minded jealousy results in the destruction of his family,
as wife and children are lost to illness, grief, and abandonment.
Sixteen years pass before his daughter, lost in the pastoral haven
of Bohemia, undertakes a journey that will heal her family’s
wounds. The updated setting spans the paranoia of the 1950s to 1969
Woodstock. |
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Title: | Pericles |
| Dates: | February 9-18 | |
| Location: | Duke
Family Performance Hall Knobloch Campus Center |
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| Times: | Friday,
February 9 7:30 p.m. Opening/Press night Saturday February 10 1:30 pm Sunday February 11 7:30 pm *Tuesday February 13 7:30 pm Saturday February 17 7:30 pm Sunday February 18 1:30 pm |
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| Tickets: | Ticket Info | |
| » | Details: | Pericles
charts the odyssey of a man driven by love and loss. Combining fairy
tale elements and raw human emotions, the story of Pericles’
search for his wife becomes an epic and magical journey of discovery.
Set in war-torn Somalia, Eastern Europe, and contemporary London. *A post-performance discussion with cast members follows the February 13 performance. |
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Title: | Days of Significance |
| Dates: | February 15-16 | |
| Location: | Duke
Family Performance Hall |
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| Times: | *Thursday,
February 15 7:30 p.m. Opening/Press night Friday February 16 1:30 p.m. |
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| Tickets: | Ticket Info | |
| » | Details: | Written
in response to Much Ado About Nothing and performed by Dominic
Cooke's Pericles and The Winter's Tale Company,
Roy Williams' play is set in market-town England and the deserts of
Iraq. Two young soldiers join their friends to binge drink the night
before they leave for active service. Their complex love lives and
mortal fears directly affect their tour of duty. Williams looks at
how naive and malformed moral codes of these young men have catastrophic
reverberations for the West's moral authority. (Not suitable for children
under 18.) *A post-performance discussion with cast members follows the February 15 performance. |
Guest Performances
| Title: | Tiny Ninja Theater's Hamlet | |
| Dates: | January 23-25 | |
| Location: | C.
Shaw Smith 900 Room |
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| Times: | Tuesday January
23 7:30pm Wednesday January 24 7:30pm Thursday January 25 7:30pm |
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| Tickets: | Ticket Info | |
| » | Details: | Direct
from the RSC Complete Works Festival, Tiny Ninja Theatre is a New
York City based company of "Tiny Ninjas" as found in vending
machines across the city and other 'assorted dime store figures.'
First appearing as part of the New York International Fringe Festival
in 2000 it is the brainchild of puppeteer Dov Weinstein, who presents
tiny versions of Shakespeare's plays to small audiences. Ninja takes
the role for the first time in Shakespeare's great tragedy which sees
new and innovative stage effects for the inch-high cast, and television
screens enabling a greater insight into the action. |
An Interview with Dominic Cooke
For
More Information
Please contact Bethany Prestigiacomo, Director of Artist
Residency Programs, Davidson College via email (rscdavidson@davidson.edu)
or phone at 704-894-2115.
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