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King Lear: All Dates & Times
All read-through dates and times for May! If you missed sign-ups and can make one of these readings, or if anyone else would like to be an understudy, please send us an ask!
Make sure to submit your confirmations here!
Reading 1: Friday, May 10 EDT (US): 8:00 PM CDT (US): 7:00 PM MDT (US): 6:00 PM PDT (US): 5:00 PM BST (UK): 1:00 AM (Saturday, May 11) AEST (AU): 10:00 AM (Saturday, May 11)
Reading 2: Saturday, May 11 EDT (US): 12:00 PM CDT (US): 11:00 AM MDT (US): 10:00 AM PDT (US): 9:00 AM BST (UK): 5:00 PM AEST (AU): 2:00 AM (Sunday, May 12)
Reading 3: Saturday, May 25 EDT (US): 2:00 PM CDT (US): 1:00 PM MDT (US): 12:00 PM PDT (US): 11:00 AM BST (UK): 7:00 PM AEST (AU): 4:00 AM (Sunday, May 26)
Reading 4: Saturday, May 25 EDT (US): 8:00 PM CDT (US): 7:00 PM MDT (US): 6:00 PM PDT (US): 5:00 PM BST (UK): 1:00 AM (Sunday, May 26) AEST (AU): 10:00 AM (Sunday, May 26)
Reading 5: Sunday, May 26 EDT (US): 6:00 PM CDT (US): 5:00 PM MDT (US): 4:00 PM PDT (US): 3:00 PM BST (UK): 11:00 PM AEST (AU): 8:00 AM (Monday, May 27)
Thank you!
Reading 5: Sunday, May 26
The fifth & final read-through of King Lear!
(Most of you are double or triple cast, so double check which lines you have to read.) You can look up the lines of the characters here. The names listed below all go with the Folger Edition. We will post line changes and cuts shortly.
Please submit your confirmation or any request to understudy here. If you’re in any doubt, please ask.
Times and time zones:
EDT (US): 6:00 PM CDT (US): 5:00 PM MDT (US): 4:00 PM PDT (US): 3:00 PM BST (UK): 11:00 PM AEST (AU): 8:00 AM (Monday, May 27)
Lear: @shredsandpatches Edgar, Burgundy: @infinitelytheheartexpands Kent, Second Servant: @piedoesnotequalpi Gloucester, Messenger: @alltheverses Fool, Cordelia, Third Servant: @ingridarcher Edmund, First Servant: @enbymoomin Albany, Cornwall, Captain: @if-you-come-a-knockin Regan, Doctor, Knight: @astrangergivingthestrangewelcome Goneril, Herald, Old Man: @trashprinceofdenmark Gentleman, Oswald, France, Curan: @wildechild
Please submit your confirmation here. - liking/reblogging this post does not count!
Read the Guidelines. To avoid the differences between editions that make for confusion and missed cues, please use the Folger edition of King Lear during the read-through.
Be on time, be prepared, and make sure you know which lines to read. Good luck!
Reading 4: Saturday, May 25
The fourth read-through of King Lear!
(Most of you are double or triple cast, so double check which lines you have to read.) You can look up the lines of the characters here. The names listed below all go with the Folger Edition. We will post line changes and cuts shortly.
Please submit your confirmation or any request to understudy here. If you’re in any doubt, please ask.
Times and time zones:
EDT (US): 8:00 PM CDT (US): 7:00 PM MDT (US): 6:00 PM PDT (US): 5:00 PM BST (UK): 1:00 AM (Sunday, May 26) AEST (AU): 10:00 AM (Sunday, May 26)
Leader: @trashprinceofdenmark
Lear: @purplemuskrat Edgar, Burgundy: @trashprinceofdenmark Kent, Second Servant: @sayyestothejess Gloucester, Messenger: @heartseeksthehearth Fool, Cordelia, Third Servant: @sphinxyvic Edmund, First Servant: @feministkateminola Albany, Cornwall, Captain: @dude-watchin-with-the-brontes Regan, Doctor, Knight: @quoththegayven Goneril, Herald, Old Man: @daphneblakess Gentleman, Oswald, France, Curan: @gabriel-shutterson
Please submit your confirmation here. - liking/reblogging this post does not count!
Read the Guidelines. To avoid the differences between editions that make for confusion and missed cues, please use the Folger edition of King Lear during the read-through.
Be on time, be prepared, and make sure you know which lines to read. Good luck!
Reading 3: Saturday, May 25
The third read-through of King Lear!
(Most of you are double or triple cast, so double check which lines you have to read.) You can look up the lines of the characters here. The names listed below all go with the Folger Edition. We will post line changes and cuts shortly.
Please submit your confirmation or any request to understudy here. If you’re in any doubt, please ask.
Times and time zones:
EDT (US): 2:00 PM CDT (US): 1:00 PM MDT (US): 12:00 PM PDT (US): 11:00 AM BST (UK): 7:00 PM AEST (AU): 4:00 AM (Sunday, May 26)
Leader: @cobbled-vibrance
Lear: @wildechild Edgar, Burgundy: @mariposagal Kent, Second Servant: @acting-pterygi Gloucester, Messenger: @cobbled-vibrance Fool, Cordelia, Third Servant: Gabby C Edmund, First Servant: @dramamath Albany, Cornwall, Captain: @bottomoftheriverbed Regan, Doctor, Knight: @kylasedai Goneril, Herald, Old Man: @herebehunters Gentleman, Oswald, France, Curan: @paperchamomiles
Please submit your confirmation here. - liking/reblogging this post does not count!
Read the Guidelines. To avoid the differences between editions that make for confusion and missed cues, please use the Folger edition of King Lear during the read-through.
Be on time, be prepared, and make sure you know which lines to read. Good luck!
Reading 2: Saturday, May 11
The second read-through of King Lear!
(Most of you are double or triple cast, so double check which lines you have to read.) You can look up the lines of the characters here. The names listed below all go with the Folger Edition. We will post line changes and cuts shortly.
Please submit your confirmation or any request to understudy here. If you’re in any doubt, please ask.
Times and time zones:
EDT (US): 12:00 PM CDT (US): 11:00 AM MDT (US): 10:00 AM PDT (US): 9:00 AM BST (UK): 5:00 PM AEST (AU): 2:00 AM (Sunday, May 12)
Leader: @actorinfluence
Lear: @knownpetrichorenjoyer Edgar, Burgundy: @theshakespearetrash Kent, Second Servant: @sirenofthetimes Gloucester, Messenger: @hollishasatumblr Fool, Cordelia, Third Servant: @actorinfluence Edmund, First Servant: @horatioalone Albany, Cornwall, Captain: @alltheverses Regan, Doctor, Knight: @sayyestothejess Goneril, Herald, Old Man: @paperchamomiles Gentleman, Oswald, France, Curan: @cobbled-vibrance
Please submit your confirmation here. - liking/reblogging this post does not count!
Read the Guidelines. To avoid the differences between editions that make for confusion and missed cues, please use the Folger edition of King Lear during the read-through.
Be on time, be prepared, and make sure you know which lines to read. Good luck!
Reading 1: Friday, May 10
The first read-through of King Lear!
(Most of you are double or triple cast, so double check which lines you have to read.) You can look up the lines of the characters here. The names listed below all go with the Folger Edition. We will post line changes and cuts shortly.
Please submit your confirmation or any request to understudy here. If you’re in any doubt, please ask.
Times and time zones:
EDT (US): 8:00 PM CDT (US): 7:00 PM MDT (US): 6:00 PM PDT (US): 5:00 PM BST (UK): 1:00 AM (Saturday, May 11) AEST (AU): 10:00 AM (Saturday, May 11)
Leader: @purplemuskrat
Lear: Bruce M Edgar, Burgundy: @astrangergivingthestrangewelcome Kent, Second Servant: @herebehunters Gloucester, Messenger: @infinitelytheheartexpands Fool, Cordelia, Third Servant: @katethecurst Edmund, First Servant: @l832 Albany, Cornwall, Captain: @shadowsong26x Regan, Doctor, Knight: @lemonprick Goneril, Herald, Old Man: @amysterywrappedinanenigma Gentleman, Oswald, France, Curan: @purplemuskrat
Please submit your confirmation here. - liking/reblogging this post does not count!
Read the Guidelines. To avoid the differences between editions that make for confusion and missed cues, please use the Folger edition of King Lear during the read-through.
Be on time, be prepared, and make sure you know which lines to read. Good luck!
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so. um. the good news is we found your boyfriend. the bad news is that, well, we sort of…dug him up…in the middle of a car park. in leicester (buckley et al. 2013). leicester, yeah. sorry. they demolished the friary he was hastily interred in when henry viii dissolved all the monasteries. you know how it is. and as it turns out, well, shakespeare was…sort of right about him. scoliosis, yeah, sorry (appleby et al. 2014). if it makes you feel any better we analysed his bones and it turns out he had a pretty high-protein diet before he died (lamb et al. 2014). and he drank so much wine that it changed their chemical composition, which we didn't know could actually happen before we analysed him (lamb et al. 2014), so he was having a good time, at least.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Appleby, J., Mitchell, P.D., Robinson, C., Brough, A., Rutty, G., and Morgan, B. (2014). The scoliosis of Richard III, last Plantagenet King of England: diagnosis and clinical significance. Lancet 383, 1944.
Buckley, R., Morris, M., Appleby, J., King, T., O’Sullivan, D., and Foxhall, L. (2013). ‘The king in the car park’: new light on the death and burial of Richard III in the Grey Friars church, Leicester, in 1485. Antiquity 87, pp. 519-538.
Lamb, A.L., Evans, J.E., Buckley, R., and Appleby, J. (2014). Multi-isotope analysis demonstrates significant lifestyle changes in King Richard III. Journal of Archaeological Science 50, pp. 559-565.
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What's your Fool Theory?
Shakes-Tourney, Round 2
(R2 summary from shakespeare.org.uk; further summaries and propaganda encouraged)
Richard II: Richard wastes money, steals land, and kills political rivals; people are angry and rebel; Henry becomes king.; he kills political rivals.
Two Noble Kinsmen: Two cousins decide a love triangle is the best way to get their minds off of war and imprisonment. The object of their affection is confused. More drastically, so is the jailer's daughter.
Shakes-Tourney, Round 2
(Winter's Tale summary from shakespeare.org.uk; further summaries and propaganda encouraged)
Edward III: A fallible king and his soon-to-be legendary son fight the French and insult the Scottish, not necessarily in that order.
The Winter's Tale: King Leontes becomes paranoid about his wife's fidelity; he imprisons her, kills their son, and banishes their infant daughter; years later, a statue comes to life.
Shakes-Tourney, Round 2
Richard III: Richard wants to become King no matter who he has to kill to get there; he kills everyone who stands in his way; spooky ghosts appear; Richard is killed.
Macbeth: Macbeth hears that he is going to be king; he and Lady Macbeth kill people so he can become king; both of them die.
Shakes-Tourney, Round 2
(summaries from shakespeare.org.uk; further summaries and propaganda encouraged)
King Lear: King divides kingdom, snubs daughter, goes mad, there's a storm, and everyone dies.
Merchant of Venice: Shylock asks for a pound of flesh as part of a loan contract (weird), Bassanio agrees to it (weirder), and Portia saves the day by cross-dressing and pretending to practice the law (perfectly normal).
Shakes-Tourney, Round 2
(summaries from shakespeare.org.uk; further summaries and propaganda encouraged)
Twelfth Night: Viola thinks her brother is dead. He thinks that she is dead. Everyone thinks that she is her brother. Everyone thinks that her brother is her. Shenanigans ensue.
Henry VIII: Cardinal Wolsey is shifty; Henry divorces Katherine and marries Anne; Queen Elizabeth is the most extraordinary being ever to be born, praise her.