Seattle Shakespeare Company

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Seattle Shakes does not Stoop but it does Conquer !!!!!!!!!!

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Once again, Seattle Shakespeare Company has creatively updated a classic play and produced a masterpiece. She Stoops to Conquer, one of the 18th Century’s perennial favorites, written by Oliver Goldsmith, was superbly directed by Mikaela Pollock. Emphasizing the essence of the play, comedy and not, because of its age, the museum quality, (needing to be treated with solemn reverence) Ms. Pollock added many brilliant touches: the set, the music, the costumes and especially the topical asides, which both honored the text and animated it.

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All’s Well at Seattle Shakespeare

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Seattle Shakespeare is on an impressive roll: their productions now consistently feature some of the most outstanding acting found anywhere in the Northwest. A highly skilled cast is a necessity when it must handle Shakespeare’s prickly All’s Well That Ends Well. The rarely produced show is labeled a “problem play” because it features a naturalistic context in which social issues are debated. Yet Shakespeare insisted on grafting onto this framework a number of comedic elements borrowed from the ancient Italian Commedia dell’arte, as he includes stock characters and some absurd “bed play.” That the play’s hodgepodge of elements blend into a wonderful entertainment is all due to a marvelously adept cast deftly handled by director Victor Pappas.

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Thrilling Richard III Weaves Magic Spell

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Remarkably, this gem of a show was not supposed to happen. The Seattle Shakespeare Company had no plans for a Richard III after they had completed reimagining the Bard’s Henry VI trilogy in last year’s Bring Down the House. Yet, the overwhelming momentum engendered by the strength of that production, in particular the outstanding work of Sarah Harlett as young Richard, convinced Artistic Director George Mount and the upstart crow collective to create a sequel. Lucky Seattle! This powerful Richard III is a major highlight for our fall theater season.

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Seattle Shakespeare Offers a Stunning Merchant of Venice

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Successfully handling Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice and its complex villain Shylock is one of the more daunting tasks in modern theater. The Bard’s intricate web work portraying bitter business machinations, the nature of antisemitism, pursuits of true love and conflicts between mercy and justice provide enough content for a half a dozen plots. A successful staging of Merchant must touch upon all of these facets and somehow link them into a coherent evening of theater. Prize winning director Desdemona Chiang and an outstanding cast more than meet this challenge in their stunning production at Seattle Shakespeare.

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“The Government Inspector” at Seattle Shakespeare Company Review

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When town officials learn that an incognito government inspector has arrived in their town, they scramble to cover up evidence of their corruption. A broke, free-loading traveler mistaken fr the inspector takes full advantage of their greed and panic with hilarious results. Seattle Shakespeare Company’s production of The Government Inspector is a laugh-out-loud funny comedy of errors.

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Seattle Shakespeare Company’s “Julius Caesar”

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William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar has captivated readers, audiences, and theater makers over four hundred years since its premier. Unfortunately, Seattle Shakespeare Company’s current production of the classic can barely hold its audience past intermission….
Seattle Shakespeare Company’s Julius Caesar is at its strongest when it leans into the present-day parallels. Craig B. Wollam’s set effectively brings to mind both the white-columned buildings of Rome and our nation’s capital. Doris Black’s costumes firmly anchor the production in present day Washington, D.C., from the power suits to an orange toupee. The physical world of the play helps the classic feel vital and relevant in 2017…

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Seattle Shakespeare’s Midsummer Taps into Something Special

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Director George Mount notes that Seattle Shakespeare has been nurturing the idea of a 40’s musical style Midsummer Night’s Dream for twenty years. Their vision finally hits the stage in the troupe’s closing production for the season. Nir Sadovik wrote the original tunes used for the show. The concept: put Shakespeare’s lines directly into 30’s and 40’s style songs and intertwine the tunes within the Midsummer script.

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