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01/07/2008
"Swansong" in Seattle
"Swansong," a play centered on a possible Shakespeare/Jonson rivalry and friendship, is currently on stage at the Seattle Shakespeare Company. The play was a part of the Summer Play Festival in New York City in July '06, and I'm hoping it comes back here soon. You certainly can't beat this (courtesy of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer):
"In their day, however (the early 17th century)-- these two were like Bruce Springsteen and Bono, pop poets and showbiz superstars."
Oh, analogies.
[If you are able to catch this performance in Seattle, I'd recommend avoiding their Oxfordian POV program. However, the company otherwise seems to do some wonderful work in theater education, bringing Shakespeare, theatrics, and history into the classroom. Excellent nonpseudohistorical stuff, in other words.]
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