The Shakespeare Show: Or, how an illiterate son of a glover beca
The Shakespeare Show: Or, how an illiterate son of a glover became the Greatest Playwright in the World
Written by Ryan Gladstone
Directed by Karen Hamm
Featuring Tara Travis and Ryan Gladstone
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Orange Venue, 2010 Orlando International Fringe Festival</strong>
Did he? Or didn’t he? That is the question. Did the bard of Avon pen his theatrics, or, taking the work of others, claim for himself that which he did not doeth? More ink is spilled on this debate than on Jack the Ripper or the Bavarian Illuminati or the Brangelina break up. And while that ink is probably drilling a hole in the ozone somewhere, it gives ribbitREpublic productions an excuse to speak in iambic pentameter and wave imaginary swords and act in a genuinely Elizabethan silliness. In this imaginary world, Mr. Shakespeare (Gladstone) is an Elizabethan parking attendant, holding the steeds of the well to do as they attend the theatre. The foppish Earl of Oxford (Tara Travis) has time on his hands and poetry in his heart, but society frown on theatre so he needs a dupe to present his plays. He leaves a script in the stable, and simple William decides his favorite horse Chester is the author. The resulting tale is thumb-bitingly funny, with swords fights and lesbian sex and plagues. These guys were left out of this year’s error ridden program, but their on-line show times are correct. Get thee to this show, groundlings!
This event is part of the 2010 Orlando International Fringe Festival. For schedule and ticket information, please visit http://OrlandoFringe.org
