Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale: Theater Arts at Caltech
Ramo Auditorium
- Public Event
Theater Arts at Caltech presents its annual Shakespeare play with eight performances of The Winter's Tale. Director Shirley Marneus has set the romance, one of the Bard's last plays, in medieval Japan.
Leontes, ruler of Shikoku, suspects that his wife Hermione and his lifelong friend Polixenes, the ruler of Hokkaido, are having an affair and goes insane from his jealousy. After he casts out his newborn daughter (whom he believes has been fathered by Polixenes), his wife and son die, leaving him bereaved and remorseful.
"A sad tale's best for winter" (II.i.33), but after this tragic first half, the play turns light and comical, and is resolved with "more amazement."
| Performance Schedule | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | Saturday | Sunday | |
| 1st Weekend | Feb. 16, 8pm | Feb. 17, 8pm | Feb. 18, 2pm |
| 2nd Weekend | Feb. 23, 8pm | Feb. 24, 8pm | Feb. 25, 2pm |
| 3rd Weekend | Mar. 2, 8 pm | Mar. 3, 2pm | |
For more information, please phone (626) 395-4652 or email [email protected].
$15; $10 Caltech/JPL; $5 students
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