Village Squire, 1979-09, Page 39AROUND TOWN
THEATRE
STRATFORD FESTIVAL
Phone 273-1600 for reservations.
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW A man
who needs a wife chooses a shrew who has
come to hate men. Their courtship and
marriage provide Shakespeare's most
violent and alarming examination of the
clash between men and women. At Third
Stage. Continues Sept. 11 (2 pm). 12 (2
pm). 14 (2 pm), 18 (2 pm), 22 (8 pm), 30
(7:30 pm), Oct. 4 (2 pm), 7 (2 pm).
THE WOMAN. Edward Bond looks at the
aftermath of the Trojan War, and the
civilizations of Greece and Troy. for
corroboration. Queen Hecuba. a survivor of
Troy. develops her own comprehension of a
life lived with reason and integrity. The
powerful drama that results poses
uncomfortable but necessary question
about the ambivalence of personal and
collective values. At the Avon Theatre,
Continues Sept. 12 (8 pm), 23 (2 pm). 28 (8
pni). Oct. 7 (7:30 pni).
THE FIRST PART OF HENRY IV Prince
Hal, heir to the throne of King Henry IV,
scarcely seems competent to assume the
role of kingship. Mistrusted by his own
father, the troubled monarch, and
constantly challenged by the example of
his own rival contemporary, the gallant
Hotspur, Hal lives among low-lifes and
criminals. The play examines the education
of a king. At Festival Theatre. Continues
Sept. 12 (8 pm). 15 (2 pm). 23 (2 pni). 29 (2
pm), Oct. 7 (7:30 pm).
HAPPY NEW YEAR A new musical based
on the play Holiday by Philip Barry with
musics and lyrics by Cole Porter. The world
of American high finance and high society
is disrupted by a brash young man who
wants to marry a daughter of one of its
oldest and wealthiest families. His
irreverent attitude to money and work,
however, makes him a more natural ally of
her spirited, unconventional sister. At the
Avon Theatre. Continues Sept. 14 (8 pm),
15 (8 pm), 19 (8 pm), 22 (8 pm). 26 (8 pm),
30 (7:30 pm), Oct. 6 (8 pm). 7 (2 pm).
YERMA. Set in the closed, often cruel
world of a rural Spanish community, in
which the urgings of desire clash with the
power of traditional roles, Yerma is an
overwhelming story of sexual struggle. At
Third Stage. Continues Sept. 14 (8 pm), 19
(8 pm), 26 (8 pm), Oct. 6 (8 pm).
RICHARD II Shakespeare shapes the
events of a tumultuous period of British
history into a penetrating examination of
the nature of kingship. King Richard
himself becomes one of the most haunting
Richard Curnock and Pamela Redfern in Love's Labour's Lost at Fe,.tival Theatre, Stratford.
of Shakespeare's tragic heroes, caught
between the demands made by the role of
the monarch and his own personal identity.
The production will feature three actors
alternating in the title role: Frank
Maraden, Nicholas Pennell and Stephen
Russell. At the Avon Theatre. Continues
Sept. 15 (2 pm), 16 (2 pm). 21 (8 pm), 22 (2
pm), 29 0 pm), 30 (2 pm).
THE SECOND PART OF HENRY IV The
uncontrollable comic exploits of Sir John
Falstaff colour this continuing exploration
of the final years of King Henry IV's
stricken reign. Prince Hal completes his
unorthodox education with Falstaff and
prepares himself for the inhuman demands
of monarchy. At Festival Theatre.
Continues Sept. 15 (8 pm), 16 (7:30 pm), 23
(7:30 pm), 29 (8 pm), Oct. 6 (2 pm).
LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST Four young men
resolve to devote themselves to study and
forsake the company of the opposite sex.
Their idealistic resolution is almost
immediately challenged by the arrival of
four desirable young women. Extraordin-
ary lyric romanticism in this early comedy
by Shakespeare. At Festival Theatre
Continues Sept. 16 (2 pm), 19 (8 pm), 22 (2
pm), 26 (8 pm), 30 (2 pm), Oct. 6 (8 p
(2 pm).
OTHELLO. This tragedy of a noble and
courageous man destroyed by jealousy
commands a shattering emotional intens-
ity. Shakespeare brings together the
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