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This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 5 July 2009

2009-07-05T17:28:00.002-04:00

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 5 July 2009.
File Size: 5.2 MB. Running Time: 3 minutes, 42 seconds.

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 5 July 2009

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 28 June 2009

2009-06-24T21:10:00.003-04:00

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 28 June 2009.
File Size: 4.1 MB. Running Time: 2 minutes, 52 seconds.

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 28 June 2009

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 21 June 2009

2009-06-21T20:43:00.001-04:00

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 21 June 2009.
File Size: 4 MB. Running Time: 2 minutes, 50 seconds.

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 21 June 2009

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 14 June 2009

2009-06-14T18:16:00.002-04:00

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 14 June 2009.
File Size: 4.2 MB. Running Time: 2 minutes, 59 seconds.

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 14 June 2009

Blackfriars Backstage Pass: THE COMEDY OF ERRORS

2009-06-13T13:14:00.002-04:00

In this edition of the Blackfriars Backstage Pass, American Shakespeare Center on Tour actors Ginna Hoben (Adriana), Rick Blunt (Dromio of Syracuse), Josh Carpenter (Antipholus of Syracuse) and Dennis Henry (Dromio of Ephesus) join ASC Director of Mission and Mary Baldwin College Shakespeare Professor Dr. Ralph Alan Cohen for an fun, spirited examination of the ASC's 2009 Spring Season production of The Comedy of Errors. Discussions center on the scholarly merit of The Comedy of Errors, the play's place in Shakespeare's canon, the comedy of the play, character doubling, and, of course, favorite lines.
File Size: 22.2 MB. Running Time: 48 minutes, 09 seconds.

Blackfriars Backstage Pass: THE COMEDY OF ERRORS

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 7 June 2009

2009-06-07T19:17:00.001-04:00

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 7 June 2009.
File Size: 5.3 MB. Running Time: 3 minutes, 44 seconds.

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 7 June 2009

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 31 May 2009

2009-05-23T15:55:00.002-04:00

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 31 May 2009.
File Size: 5.1 MB. Running Time: 3 minutes, 35 seconds.

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 31 May 2009

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 24 May 2009

2009-05-23T15:52:00.002-04:00

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 24 May 2009.
File Size: 5.4 MB. Running Time: 3 minutes, 48 seconds.

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 24 May 2009

Doctor Ralph Reveals All: HAMLET

2009-05-20T21:38:00.001-04:00

Blackfriars Backstage Pass: ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD

2009-05-19T21:55:00.004-04:00

In this edition of the Blackfriars Backstage Pass, American Shakespeare Center on Tour actors Ginna Hoben (Guildenstern), Rick Blunt (Rosencrantz), and Daniel Kennedy (The Player) join ASC Director of Mission and Mary Baldwin College Shakespeare Professor Dr. Ralph Alan Cohen for an fun, reflective examination of the ASC's current 2009 Spring Season production of Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. Discussions center on cross-gender casting, comparing and contrasting the Rosencrantz and Guildenstern of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead to the Rosencrantz and Guildenstern of Hamlet, and Stoppard's possible intentions in creating The Player.
File Size: 23.9 MB. Running Time: 51 minutes, 56 seconds.

Blackfriars Backstage Pass: ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD

Blackfriars Backstage Pass: HAMLET

2009-05-18T19:27:00.002-04:00

In this edition of the Blackfriars Backstage Pass, American Shakespeare Center on Tour actors Kelley McKinnon (Gertrude), Luke Eddy (Hamlet), Dennis Henry (Polonius), and Aidan O'Reilly (Horatio) join ASC Director of Mission and Mary Baldwin College Shakespeare Professor Dr. Ralph Alan Cohen for an thoughtful, spirited examination of the ASC's current 2009 Spring Season production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet. Discussions center on the the play's structure and language, as well as character choices and the rehearsal process.
File Size: 26.5 MB. Running Time: 57 minutes, 30 seconds.

Blackfriars Backstage Pass: HAMLET

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 17 May 2009

2009-05-17T18:04:00.001-04:00

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 17 May 2009.
File Size: 5 MB. Running Time: 3 minutes, 34 seconds.

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 17 May 2009

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 10 May 2009

2009-05-10T11:53:00.002-04:00

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 10 May 2009.
File Size: 4.5 MB. Running Time: 3 minutes, 9 seconds.

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 10 May 2009

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 3 May 2009

2009-05-03T21:28:00.002-04:00

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 3 May 2009.
File Size: 4.9 MB. Running Time: 3 minutes, 29 seconds.

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 3 May 2009

Doctor Ralph Reveals All: ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD

2009-04-26T15:12:00.003-04:00

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 playwright Tom Stoppard's life and career, and engages the audience in a celebration of Stoppard's love for the English language – which Cohen says is a lot like Shakespeare's. This lecture was recorded on 15 April 2009.
Filesize: 18.6 mb, Running Time: 40 minutes, 23 seconds.

Doctor Ralph Reveals All: ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 26 April 2009

2009-04-26T15:10:00.001-04:00

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 26 April 2009.
File Size: 4.8 MB. Running Time: 3 minutes, 25 seconds.

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 26 April 2009

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 19 April 2009

2009-04-18T22:46:00.002-04:00

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 19 April 2009.
File Size: 6.7 MB. Running Time: 4 minutes, 46 seconds.

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 19 April 2009

Dr. Ralph Reveals All: THE COMEDY OF ERRORS

2009-04-16T19:47:00.005-04:00

ASC On Tour actor Rick Blunt fills in for Dr. Ralph Alan Cohen, American Shakespeare Center Director of Mission and Professor of English at Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, VA. In this lecture, delivered before a live audience at the American Shakespeare Center's Blackfriars Playhouse, Rick discusses the history of The Comedy of Errors, the unique construction of the play's first scene, abd the world of the play. This lecture was recorded on 8 April 2009.
File Size: 20 MB. Running Time: 43 minutes, 24 seconds.

Doctor Ralph Reveals All: THE COMEDY OF ERRORS

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 12 April 2009

2009-04-11T16:14:00.001-04:00

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 12 April 2009.
File Size: 3.7 MB. Running Time: 3 minutes, 53 seconds.

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 12 April 2009

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 5 April 2009

2009-04-02T20:38:00.001-04:00

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 5 April 2009.
File Size: 5.2 MB. Running Time: 3 minutes, 42 seconds.

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 5 April 2009

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 29 March 2009

2009-03-28T18:40:00.002-04:00

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

Doctor Ralph Reveals All: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

2009-03-23T22:43:00.005-04:00

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

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 22 March 2009

2009-03-21T14:30:00.002-04:00

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

Blackfriars Backstage Pass: THE CHANGELING

2009-03-20T23:05:00.003-04:00

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

Doctor Ralph Reveals All: THE BLIND BEGGAR OF ALEXANDRIA

2009-03-19T20:14:00.003-04:00

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