Library Readings continue to truck along. . .

Last month’s Library Reading of Romeo and Juliet drew over 40 people.  We, at WSF, knew it would be a popular one, what with the content and the fact that the Tabers of  Theatre Ventoux were helming.  We were pleased to start of our 5th cycle of readings with such a bang.

But Quel Suprise! when we opened our doors for the little known Henry VIII and greeted another 40 audience members! As director of the reading, I knew that the talent would be a draw, but I expected perhaps 10 people–  15 if we were really successful.  Nothing prepared me for a room full of patrons eager to hear the story of the infamous monarch and his first two wives.

But the evening was a success!  Charles West intro’d the piece and the humor, wit, and ability of Mike and Jen Peterson, Gabriela Lawson, GJ Thelin, Ricci Mazzuca and a host of others really brought this Reading off well!

Also new to this season:  Look for our Podcast Category on this blog (coming soon).  Each month’s reading will be recorded and posted here as a podcast, just in case you miss a reading.  But don’t!. . . nothing compares to being in the room with the actors as they interpret these characters.

Don’t miss next month’s reading of All’s Well that Ends Well, the romantic comedy with one of Shakespeare’s most winsome heroines!  (December 18th at the Woodwar Park Library, 6:30).

~Heather Parish, Artistic Director

Ricci Mazzuca (Wolsey), Michael Peterson (Henry VIII), Jennifer Hurd-Peterson (Catherine)

Amelia Ryan (Norfolk) and Gabriela Lawson (Buckingham)

Casey Ballard (Anne Bullen) and Candace Metzler (Attendant, behind)

WSF Newsletter Quiz ANSWERS– November

Shakespeare Quiz– November answers:

After the death of Elizabeth I in 1603, she was succeeded by James VI of Scotland, who became James I of England (his reign is known as the Jacobean period).  The cliches that follow come from Shakespeare’s later plays, thought to have been written during the reign of James I.  Match the cliché to the play:

1.        “milk of human kindness”     b. Macbeth (Lady Macbeth)

2.       “more sinned against than sinning”  e.      King Lear  (Lear)

3.       “salad days”  a.        Antony and Cleopatra  (Cleopatra)

4.       “strange bedfellows”   c.       The Tempest  (Trinculo, the jester)

5.       “love not wisely but too well” d.      Othello  (Othello)