Backyard Bard at GreenStage

Dates: (7/12/2019 - 8/17/2019 )

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GreenStage

PO Box 24582
Seattle,WA 98124

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Phone: 206-748-1551

Tickets: FREE

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Directed by Erin DayFour actors will bring all the laughter, all the adventure, and all the magic of The Merry Wives of Windsor and Measure for Measure to smaller parks in the greater Seattle area this summer. Backyard Bard performs shorter Shakespeare in the Park for smaller spaces; two one-hour productions performed by the same four versatile actors.The Merry Wives of WindsorFalstaff is experiencing an economic downturn. What better way to refill his empty purse than to woo two wealthy married women hes only just met? What could possibly go laughably, horribly wrong for this beloved, famous knight? Discover the heights to which a noble suitor will pretend to aspire, and the depths to which hell also sink, just to win the hearts and coffers of women much, much smarter than he.Measure for MeasureVienna has become a corrupt city in large part due to its lenient leader, Duke Vincentio so he steps away leaving his puritanical deputy, Angelo, in charge. Angelo soon sets to bring the city to heel through ancient, outdated, and inflexible laws. Against this backdrop of an authoritarian government, a young novice nun, Isabella, comes to plead to save her brother from execution. Angelo offers to spare her brothers life, but only in return for sex. When she threatens to speak out, she is reminded that his power will outweigh her truth.Though Shakespeare wrote Measure for Measure in the early 1600s, the play remainsastonishingly resonant today.

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