Canon Countdown, Day 14 of 39! Tonight, we continue with the HENRY VI Trilogy. Now, we concluded the HENRY VI Trilogy (don’t worry there’s STILL another Henry to go). But for tonight, we have HENRY VI, PART 3.
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Canon Countdown, Day 13 of 39! Tonight, we continue with the HENRY VI Trilogy. Up next, HENRY VI, PART 2, directed by William Wolfgang, part of our special War of the Roses event, featuring the houses of York (White Rose) and Lancaster (Red Rose).
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Canon Countdown, Day 12 of 39! As a countdown to our upcoming epic production of KING LEAR, our final play of the Shakespearean canon, we are looking back on our previous 38 plays, and looking forward to opening night! Today, we continue our journey through the “Henry” plays, and now it's time to begin the HENRY VI Trilogy.
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Canon Countdown, Day 11 of 39! As a countdown to our upcoming epic production of KING LEAR, our final play of the Shakespearean canon, we are looking back on our previous 38 plays, and looking forward to opening night! Tonight, we continue our journey through the “Henry” plays with HENRY V, from October 2019, directed by Meg Garbrick.
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Canon Countdown, Day 10 of 39! As a countdown to our upcoming epic production of KING LEAR, our final play of the Shakespearean canon, we are looking back on our previous 38 plays, and looking forward to opening night! Tonight, we continue our journey through the “Henry” plays with HENRY IV, Part 2 from November 2018, directed by Huy Nguyen.
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Canon Countdown, Day 9 of 39! As a countdown to our upcoming epic production of KING LEAR, our final play of the Shakespearean canon, we are looking back on our previous 38 plays, and looking forward to opening night! Tonight, we begin our journey through the “Henry” plays! Shakespeare wrote so many of them that we have a whole week’s worth of reminiscing to do! So, we begin with HENRY IV, Part 1 from September 2018, featuring Jeff Gilbert in the titular role.
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Canon Countdown, Day 8 of 39! As a countdown to our upcoming epic production of KING LEAR, our final play of the Shakespearean canon, we are looking back on our previous 38 plays, and looking forward to opening night! Tonight’s cast photo is from our 2022 HAMLET, directed by Huy Nguyen.
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Canon Countdown, Day 7 of 39! As a countdown to our upcoming epic production of KING LEAR, our final play of the Shakespearean canon, we are looking back on our previous 38 plays, and looking forward to opening night! Today’s cast photo is EDWARD III starring Bishop Hunt from the 2024 York Fringe Festival.
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Canon Countdown, Day 6 of 39! Today’s play is Cymbeline. In May 2015, Shakespeare’s neglected masterpiece took OrangeMite audiences to a world occupied by ghosts, gods, and other supernatural beings. Cymbeline defied classification for hundreds of years, mystifying both scholars and critics alike, and OrangeMite’s emotional production, filled with dark comedy, was no exception. Infused with motives from Frédéric Chopin’s piano works, the tangled stories of loss and remarkable reconciliation resonated anew in this Shakespeare in the Barn production.
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Canon Countdown, Day 5 of 39! Today’s cast photo is from our CORIOLANUS in December 2019, held at the York Agricultural and Industrial Museum!
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Canon Countdown, Day 4 of 39! Today’s cast photo is from our COMEDY OF ERRORS, directed by Meg Garbrick, part of our 2018 Shakespeare Academy Camp, and held at the Barn at Tall Fir Acres. Shakespeare’s beautiful comedy of searching for love in an idyllic forest still provides laughs and warmth for audiences after four hundred years of popularity.
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Canon Countdown, Day 3 of 39! Today’s cast photo is from our 2023 AS YOU LIKE IT, directed by Paige Hoke, part of our touring Shakespeare in the Park event in York City. Shakespeare’s beautiful comedy of searching for love in an idyllic forest still provides laughs and warmth for audiences after four hundred years of popularity.
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Canon Countdown, Day 2of 39! We look back on our production of one of Shakespeare’s greatest masterpieces, Antony and Cleopatra, which stormed The Barn stage in the fall of 2017. Featuring Queen Cleopatra of Egypt, one of the world’s most iconic characters from both history and literature, wrangling with her lover, Mark Antony. As these two Titans quip back and forth in their lover’s quarrels, the world’s mightiest empire takes aim at indulgent and luxurious Egypt.
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Canon Countdown, Day 1 of 39! As a countdown to our upcoming epic production of KING LEAR, our final play of the Shakespearean canon, we are looking back on our previous 38 plays, and looking forward to opening night! We will traverse the plays in alphabetical order, so we start tonight with ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL. Our eco-version of this “problem play” was part of our ornithological Shakespeare in the park in summer 2022!
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