Author Archives: Kevin

"I have a reasonable good ear in music." MSND IV.1   Well, it's official: SIR will be participating in next year's SondheimFest with a production of "West Side Story"!    As most people know, this musical is based on Romeo … Continue reading →

"Your wrongs do set a scandal on my sex" MSND, II.1   Happy International Women's Day!   It's an oft-debated question: how did Shakespeare feel about women?   There are many who surmise (not illogically, given the plot of Taming … Continue reading →

"Seem they grave and learned? Why, so didst thou." Henry V II.2   The other day, my intrepid Co-Chair Michelle asked me if I thought I might be interested in "teaching" a couple of three-hour workshops with the Prairie Theatre … Continue reading →

"For forth he goes and visits all his host." Henry V, III.7   Those of you (if any exist) who have been paying close attention will know that I am currently engaged in a province-wide tour of the Norm Foster … Continue reading →

"Read them; and know, I know your worthiness." Henry V, II.2   Happy New Year!   Here's hoping 2012 brings us all, in all things, no more and no less than we can handle.   Speaking of all things: SIR … Continue reading →

"When and where and how we met, we woo'd and made exchange of vow I'll tell thee as we pass…" Romeo And Juliet, II.3   Much is being said about RMTC Artistic Director Steven Schipper's decision to set his Romeo … Continue reading →

"Affliction is enamoured of thy parts, and thou art wedded to calamity" Romeo And Juliet, III.3   Here's another aspect of Friar Laurence which has always puzzled me: when Romeo comes in and tells him that he's fallen in love … Continue reading →

"…here I stand, both to impeach and purge Myself condemned, and myself excused." Romeo and Juliet, V.3   The other day, during a post-show Q&A for one of our student preview audiences I was asked what, if anything, the character … Continue reading →

"Love's heralds should be thoughts, which ten times faster glide than the sun's beams." Romeo and Juliet, II.5   What a wonderful piece of writing is Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.   Now in my 6th production of R&J,  I consider … Continue reading →

"Hast thou no letters to me from the friar?" Romeo and Juliet, V.1   It has now been 20 days since last I posted, and I believe there have accumulated enough events of interest to make this one worthwhile.   … Continue reading →