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Category Archives: By Philippa Kelly (dramaturg)
Happy Birthday, Shakespeare!
Resident Dramaturg Philippa Kelly presents a birthday meditation on the late, great one who gave us our name. Today is Shakespeare’s birthday (also nominated as his death day 52 years later). William Shakespeare was born in 1564 to John Shakespeare … Continue reading
Minds and Faces: the Excavation of Richard III
But I, that am not shaped for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass; I, that am rudely stamp’d, and want love’s majesty To strut before a wanton ambling nymph; I, that am curtail’d of this fair proportion, … Continue reading
Ask Philippa: Off-Season Edition
Philippa Kelly, resident dramaturg for Cal Shakes, invites your questions about our 2013 season, which begins May 29. Subscriptions and FlexPasses on sale now. Just because the Main Stage season closes, it doesn’t mean we at Cal Shakes are suddenly … Continue reading
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HAMLET Grove Talk
Click on the arrow below to listen to a podcast of a pre-performance Hamlet Grove Talk, presented by Resident Dramaturg Philippa Kelly. Podcast produced by Will McCandless. Hamlet has been extended; the production runs through October 21, 2012.
Posted in By Philippa Kelly (dramaturg), Hamlet, Main Stage
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Hamlet", cal shakes, California Shakespeare Festival, California Shakespeare Theater, Clint Ramos, dramaturg, dramaturge, dramaturgy, LeRoy McClain, Liesl Tommy, Orinda, outdoor theater, Philippa Kelly, Shakespeare
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Death and Revenge in Hamlet
Resident Dramaturg Philippa Kelly on grief and vengeance in Hamlet and beyond. Hamlet returns from Wittenberg to honor his father’s death, and is suddenly confronted with his father’s ghost. Immediately, it seems, he is roused (or provoked) to an act … Continue reading
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Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Hamlet", "Professional Immersion Program", cal shakes, Cal Shakes Artistic Learning, California Shakespeare Theater, dramaturg, dramaturge, dramaturgy, Liesl Tommy, Orinda, outdoor theater, Philippa Kelly, Shakespeare
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Ask Philippa: HAMLET Edition
Philippa Kelly, resident dramaturg for Cal Shakes and production dramaturg for Hamlet, shares her thoughts on the current production, and invites your questions. Hamlet runs September 19–October 14, 2012. “What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite … Continue reading
Posted in Ask Philippa, By Philippa Kelly (dramaturg), Hamlet, Main Stage
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Hamlet", cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, dramaturg, dramaturge, dramaturgy, Liesl Tommy, outdoor theater, Philippa Kelly, Shakespeare
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Blithe Spirit and the Spirits
Resident Dramaturg Philippa Kelly on the Spiritualist movement and the origin of the word “ghost.” Where did Coward get his interest in Spiritualism? Most importantly (and this information is supplied by Cal Shakes’ own Robin Dolan), Coward had a housekeeper … Continue reading
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Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Mark Rucker", "Noel Coward", Blithe Spirit, cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, dramaturg, dramaturge, dramaturgy, Orinda, outdoor theater, Philippa Kelly, Spiritualism
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Blithe Spirit Grove Talk
Click on the arrow below to listen to a podcast of a pre-performance Blithe Spirit Grove Talk, presented by Resident Dramaturg Philippa Kelly. Podcast produced by Will McCandless. Blithe Spirit runs through September 2, 2012.
Posted in Blithe Spirit, By Philippa Kelly (dramaturg), Main Stage
Tagged "Annie Smart", "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Mark Rucker", "Noel Coward", Blithe Spirit, cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, dramaturg, dramaturge, dramaturgy, Orinda, outdoor theater, Philippa Kelly
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Igniting a Spark
Resident Dramaturg Philippa Kelly offers more contextual information on the writing of Blithe Spirit, on our stage now through September 2, 2012. Despite its having nothing to do with war, Noël Coward very much saw Blithe Spirit as a war … Continue reading
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Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Mark Rucker", "Noel Coward", "theater", cal shakes, Cal Shakes Artistic Learning, California Shakespeare Theater, dramaturg, dramaturge, dramaturgy, outdoor theater, Philippa Kelly, World War, WWII
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Ask Philippa: BLITHE SPIRIT Edition
Philippa Kelly, resident dramaturg for Cal Shakes and production dramaturg for Blithe Spirit, shares her thoughts on the current production, and invites your questions. Blithe Spirit runs August 8–September 2, 2012. In 1941 Noël Coward wrote Blithe Spirit, his gift to … Continue reading
Posted in Ask Philippa, Blithe Spirit, By Philippa Kelly (dramaturg), Main Stage
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Mark Rucker", "Noel Coward", Blithe Spirit, cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, dramaturg, dramaturge, dramaturgy, outdoor theater, Philippa Kelly
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