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What theatrical event will be performed in front of “Orifice II” by Joe Moss during Shakespeare in the Garden at Delaware Art Museum on Sep 26 & 27 (tix at bit.ly/33yWKlR) 4:30pm Sat show is already sold out!
A. “O for a muse of fire”
Chorus from Henry V
B. “I kiss the wall’s hole, not your lips at all.”
Flute/Thisbe from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
C. An original dance piece inspired by Shakespeare and this sculpture
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"Orifice II", 1983. Joe Moss (1933–2018). Painted steel, 112 × 129 3/4 × 27 inches. Delaware Art Museum, Purchased with funds provided by a grant from the Longwood and Crystal Foundations, 1983. © Estate of Joe Moss
Jahzeer Terrell is back with Sonnet 132. What stands out to Jahzeer in this sonnet is how Shakespeare praises the “beautiful darkness found in his mistress’ eyes” - even though she looks on him with disdain.
Oh, unrequited love, what a special thing you are!
Del Shakes Sonnet of the Day - getting us through our socially distant times with a little iambic pentameter.
Del Shakes online fundraiser, Play On!, is one week from today (Get your tix at sforce.co/33TA2Fq). Here’s a sneak peek into Michele Mitchell & Chuck Lewis’ rehearsal as Kate and Petruchio from TAMING OF THE SHREW. Del Shakes artist J Hernandez gives expert advice as their coach.
The Bard's in the Garden! Read the newest article from Arts Journalist-in-Residence Gail Obenreder about Shakespeare in the Garden at Delaware Art Museum. (bit.ly/33yWKlR for tix - 9/26 and 9/27). The Saturday 4:30pm show is sold out!
“'Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate.' Of course, in Sonnet 18 Shakespeare is speaking about the eternal beauty of his love. But in September in Delaware, the days are – indeed – often more lovely and more temperate. The air is crisp, and the equinox sun comes slanting through trees. That mellow fall embrace also bathes the Delaware Art Museum’s Copeland Sculpture Garden, the setting for Delaware Shakespeare’s latest theatrical offering." ...
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Tay Sconiers returns with Sonnet 131, which continues the exploration of the mysterious Dark Lady.
While black and darkness was the opposite of Elizabethan standards of beauty, Shakespeare is loud and proud in his belief that the dark lady and the color of her skin is beautiful. As Tay says, “He loves it, and is celebrating it, and that my friends is what we want to hear.”
Del Shakes Sonnet of the Day - getting us through our socially distant times with a little iambic pentameter.