Saturday, March 28, 2009

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 29 March 2009

A rundown of the upcoming week's events at the American Shakespeare Center's Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, VA. This edition covers the week of 29 March 2009.
File Size: 4.6 MB. Running Time: 3 minutes, 15 seconds.

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 29 March 2009

Monday, March 23, 2009

Doctor Ralph Reveals All: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

Dr. Ralph Alan Cohen, American Shakespeare Center Director of Mission and Professor of English at Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, VA, delivers a pre-show lecture before a live audience at the American Shakespeare Center's Blackfriars Playhouse. In this lecture, Dr. Cohen discusses Shakespeare's career at the time A Midsummer Night's Dream was written, the Actor's Renaissance Season staging of the play, the "Pyramus and Thisbee" play-within-a-play, and Midsummer's sexual humor. WARNING: THIS LECTURE MAKES LIBERAL USE OF A SLANG TERM FOR THE MALE SEXUAL ORGAN. This lecture was recorded on 18 March 2009.
Filesize: 17.9 mb, Running Time: 38 minutes, 40 seconds.

Doctor Ralph Reveals All: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

Saturday, March 21, 2009

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 22 March 2009

A rundown of the upcoming week's events at the American Shakespeare Center's Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, VA. This edition covers the week of 22 March 2009.
File Size: 7.1 MB. Running Time: 5 minutes, 04 seconds.

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 22 March 2009

Friday, March 20, 2009

Blackfriars Backstage Pass: THE CHANGELING

In this edition of the Blackfriars Backstage Pass, American Shakespeare Center resident troupe actors Sarah Fallon (Beatrice-Joanna), Benjamin Curns (De Flores), Gren Phelps (Alonzo), and René Thornton, Jr. (Alsemero) join ASC Director of Mission and Mary Baldwin College Shakespeare Professor Dr. Ralph Alan Cohen for an fun, spirited examination of the ASC's current 2009 Actor's Renaissance Season production of Thomas Middleton and William Rowley's The Changeling. Discussions center on the the play's unique dual-plot structure, the Renaissance Season process, language, and character choices.
File Size: 20.7 MB. Running Time: 44 minutes, 55 seconds.

Blackfriars Backstage Pass: THE CHANGELING

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Doctor Ralph Reveals All: THE BLIND BEGGAR OF ALEXANDRIA

Dr. Ralph Alan Cohen, American Shakespeare Center Director of Mission and Professor of English at Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, VA, delivers a pre-show lecture before a live audience at the American Shakespeare Center's Blackfriars Playhouse. In this lecture, Dr. Cohen discusses the structure and langauge of The Blind Beggar of Alexandria, the life and career of George Chapman, and Chapman's likely relationship with William Shakespeare. This lecture was recorded on 11 March 2009.
Filesize: 16.3 mb, Running Time: 35 minutes, 21 seconds.

Doctor Ralph Reveals All: THE BLIND BEGGAR OF ALEXANDRIA

Saturday, March 14, 2009

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 15 March 2009

A rundown of the upcoming week's events at the American Shakespeare Center's Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, VA. This edition covers the week of 15 March 2009.
File Size: 6.1 MB. Running Time: 4 minutes, 20 seconds.

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 15 March 2009

Sunday, March 08, 2009

Blackfriars Backstage Pass: HENRY VI, PART ONE

In this edition of the Blackfriars Backstage Pass, American Shakespeare Center resident troupe actors Alyssa Wilmoth (Henry VI), Miriam Donald (Joan of Arc), Thomas Keegan (Bishop of Winchester), and Chris Seiler (Talbot) join ASC Director of Mission and Mary Baldwin College Shakespeare Professor Dr. Ralph Alan Cohen for an fun, thoughtful examination of the ASC's current 2009 Actor's Renaissance Season production of William Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part One. Discussions center on the the play's position in the Henry VI trilogy, character choices, language, and the Renaissance Season process.
File Size: 21.4 MB. Running Time: 46 minutes, 20 seconds.

Blackfriars Backstage Pass: Henry VI, Part One

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 8 March 2009

A rundown of the upcoming week's events at the American Shakespeare Center's Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, VA. This edition covers the week of 8 March 2009
File Size: 7 MB. Running Time: 5 minutes, 02 seconds.

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 8 March 2009