Sonnets, With Music

Shakespeare isn’t just one of the theater’s greatest writers, he also wrote some damn good poems. He was particularly talented at penning those little 14 line monsters known as sonnets. This weekend Shakespeare Dallas, in keeping with its goal to stage every word the Bard ever wrote, presents Sonnets with...

By Lauren Smart

October 16, 2014

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Shakespeare isn’t just one of the theater’s greatest writers, he also wrote some damn good poems. He was particularly talented at penning those little 14 line monsters known as sonnets. This weekend Shakespeare Dallas, in keeping with its goal to stage every word the Bard ever wrote, presents Sonnets with Music Part 1. Part of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, this two day presentation includes sonnets, as well as a presentation of The Phoenix and the Turtle, conceived and directed by Shawn Magill, of Home by Hovercraft fame. See the show at 3 p.m. Sunday or 7 p.m. Monday for just $10. More information at attpac.org.
Sun., Oct. 19, 3 p.m.; Mon., Oct. 20, 7 p.m., 2014

Lauren Smart

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