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Kiss Me, Kate
Taylor Theatre Playbills
The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 2013 performance of Kiss Me, Kate by Cole Porter and Samuel and Bella Spewack.
Kiss Me, Kate follows the story of divorcees Fred and Lilli and their onstage/offstage drama as they rehearse and perform a musical version of William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.
Love Kills: Exploring Young Women In Shakespeare, Malcolm X. Evans
Love Kills: Exploring Young Women In Shakespeare, Malcolm X. Evans
Senior Theses and Projects
Taking a look at how William Shakespeare writes young women (particularly in Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet), Evans puts forth the idea that "love kills." There are no young and strong characters that are powerful, entirely as women, in the works of Shakespeare. To further put forth the idea Evans comments on a production of his own design, by the same name, which brings together the Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet.
Romeo & Juliet
Taylor Theatre Playbills
The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 2012 performance of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy about two young lovers from feuding families and how their relationship and deaths reconcile their families.
The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
Taylor Theatre Playbills
The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 2011 performance of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) is a parody in which all of Shakespeare’s plays are performed in merged and/or condensed form by three actors. The actors use their real names, interact with the audience, and at times improvise as they go through the plays.
A Midsummer Night’S Dream
Taylor Theatre Playbills
The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1998 performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare.
Hamlet
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The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1980 performance of Hamlet by William Shakespeare.
Hamlet is the story of Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark who sets out to avenge his father’s murder at the hands of his uncle, and the tragedy that follows.
The Taming Of The Shrew
Taylor Theatre Playbills
The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1973 performance of The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare.
The Taming of the Shrew follows the courtship and marriage of Petruchio and Katherina, a headstrong shrew and how Petruchio "tames" her.
Much Ado About Nothing
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The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1970 performance of Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare.
Much Ado About Nothing tells the story of two couples, the feuding Benedick and Beatrice, and the deeply in love Claudio and Hero. Through the use of gossip Benedick and Beatrice are brought together again, and Claudio and Hero, at first separated by malicious lies, are brought together again.
A Historical Survey And Evaluation Of The Most Prominent Theories That Shakespeare Did Not Write The Works Attributed To Him, Lola Vida Johnson
A Historical Survey And Evaluation Of The Most Prominent Theories That Shakespeare Did Not Write The Works Attributed To Him, Lola Vida Johnson
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
The question of the authorship of the plays, poems, and sonnets traditionally attributed to the pen if William Shakespeare of Stratford-on-Avon has now been before the public for over one hundred years. Many of the most noted poets, playwrights, and nobles of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries have been assigned the authorship of these works. The controversy can be compared to the controversy over Homer’s authorship. In 1975, Friederick Augustus Wolf proposed that Homer did not write The Iliad and The Odyssey. By 1900, Wolf had been disproven, but the question was one of great importance when it was first …
A Comparison Of The Nineteenth And Twentieth Century Criticism Of Shakespeare's Heroines, Grace Mcleod Gartman
A Comparison Of The Nineteenth And Twentieth Century Criticism Of Shakespeare's Heroines, Grace Mcleod Gartman
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
The nineteenth century critics appraised Shakespeare's heroines by standards different from those of the twentieth; consequently the two ages reached different conclusions. The purpose of this paper is to point out just what these differences are.
A paper of this scope had to be narrowed in some ways. Otherwise a formidable array of heroines would have been enumerated, but little depth of research could have been shown. In the general conclusion the result would have been the same, as I have discovered through wide reading. To limit the subject only the most famous heroines could be included. The process of …
The Merchant Of Venice
Taylor Theatre Playbills
The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1940 performance of The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare.
The Merchant of Venice is a story of a Venice merchant named Antonio who must pay off a loan to a Jewish moneylender, Shylock.
Romeo And Juliet
Taylor Theatre Playbills
The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1938 performance of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy about two young lovers from feuding families and how their relationship and deaths reconcile their families.
Jealousy In Shakespeare's Tragedies, Harold M. Kimball
Jealousy In Shakespeare's Tragedies, Harold M. Kimball
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
In undertaking a study of the theme of jealousy, one must make some limitation of material. The field of literature as a whole, or the more limited ones of drama or even tragedy - each of these is too large for so short a study as this must be. Only certain aspects of such a restricted subject as the tragedies of Shakespeare can be given any thorough treatment, while others, both interesting and profitable, must be put aside; for instance, space will prohibit a careful comparison of Shakespeare's use of jealousy with that of other dramatists; nor can a study …
The Taming Of The Shrew
Taylor Theatre Playbills
The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1927 performance of The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare.
The Taming of the Shrew follows the courtship and marriage of Petruchio and Katherina, a headstrong shrew and how Petruchio "tames" her.